Cognitive biases in decision making may make it difficult for clinicians to reconcile evidence
of overuse with highly ingrained prior beliefs and intuition. Such biases can predispose …

Background Emergency departments (ED) are sites of prevalent imaging overuse; however,
determinants that drive imaging in this setting are not well-characterized. We systematically …

Introduction Recent years have shown an increase in radiologists' workload, both during
regular working hours and during on-call. We aimed to quantify the 8-year trend in on-call …

Objective To assess barriers and facilitators to de-implementation. Design A qualitative
evidence synthesis with a framework analysis. Data sources Medline, Embase, Cochrane …

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Care
Medical Survey database of nationally representative ED visits from 2007 to 2015. We …

Objective: To characterize mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients in the USA, describing
location of diagnosis, timing, and modality of imaging procedures, health-care resource …

Shared decisionmaking has been proposed as a method to promote active engagement of
patients in emergency care decisions. Despite the recent attention shared decisionmaking …

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness and visual disability worldwide. Of the known
contributing factors to this condition, ionising radiation is considered the primary concern in …

Background The Canadian Computed Tomography (CT) Head Rule, a clinical decision rule
designed to safely reduce imaging in minor head injury, has been rigorously validated and …

Introduction CT scan is crucial in evaluating head trauma. However, its inappropriate use
will cause unnecessary radiation exposure to patient and financial burden to health systems …