SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AVOID UNTRACKED FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATIENT TREATMENT

A system and method to avoid untracked follow-up recommendations for patient treatment is disclosed and comprised of feeding all radiology reports into a secure database through an integration engine. The information about recommendation is identified, captured, and securely transmitted by application engine to smart phone and web applications for patient follow-up tracking. The referring doctor views the received reports and easily identifies first results and specific recommendations for additional imaging (RAI) if the report includes RAI. The application provides options to the referring doctor to accept, decline, or defer the recommendation. If referrer accepts the recommendation, a follow-up test is ordered and is tracked by the application through exam completion. If those exam results include a new recommendation, a new loop opens. If referrer declines the recommendation, the original loop is closed. If the referrer defers the recommendation, the application tracks deferral status until the referrer makes the decision on the recommendation.