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Implementation of Electronic Clinical Decision Support for Radiology Referrals: The Role of Governance, Clinician Engagement and Education
Emergency Medicine Australasia · Added 27 July 2026

Successful implementation of eCDS requires more than technological deployment.

Study type

Cohort

Design

Descriptive before-and-after implementation study

Participants

ED presentations at a Melbourne quaternary centre (number not reported)

Main finding

CT use rose from 32 to 44 per 100 ED presentations before go-live, then declined 9.1% during clinician engagement phase; trends stabilised after eCDS deployment

Caveat

Single-centre descriptive design without control group; cannot attribute causation

Bottom line

Hypothesis-generating

Learning goal

Understand how governance and clinician engagement shape safe, evidence-based use of clinical decision support in referral practice.

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