Development and Implementation of a Semi-Automated Workflow for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Billing and Documentation Within an Electronic Health Record

Akhil Dhamija; Laurie A Perry; Timothy J OConnor; Lisa Ulland; Evan Slavik; Alexander J Towbin

doi:10.1007/s10278-022-00742-4

Development and Implementation of a Semi-Automated Workflow for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Billing and Documentation Within an Electronic Health Record

J Digit Imaging. 2023 Apr;36(2):395-400. doi: 10.1007/s10278-022-00742-4. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

Authors

Akhil Dhamija^{1

2}, Laurie A Perry¹, Timothy J OConnor¹, Lisa Ulland¹, Evan Slavik¹, Alexander J Towbin^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
² Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. [email protected].
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. [email protected].

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. With its many advantages, including ease of use, real-time multisystem assessment, affordability, availability, and accuracy, it has been adopted by all medical specialties. Despite its advantages, the lack of standard workflow and automated billing solutions makes it difficult to launch a comprehensive POCUS program. In this work, we describe how we created and implemented an efficient standardized EHR-based workflow for POCUS that has been used across multiple division and settings within our organization.

Keywords: Billing; Enterprise imaging; Interoperability; POCUS.

MeSH terms

Documentation
Electronic Health Records*
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems*
Ultrasonography
Workflow