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Neurosurgery Radiculopathy (Lumbar Thoracic)

Description

The intent of the “Radiculopathy (Lumbar Thoracic)" Consult Request/Composite knowledge artifact is to harmonize and integrate related knowledge artifacts (documentation template and order set) to facilitate referral to neurosurgery for lumbar/thoracic radiculopathy. The intent is to ensure that information required by the consulting specialist is available for the consultation.

Artifact Type
Creation Date
Version
0.1
Unique Identifier
5008f416-05c9-50e6-8686-03927cfca03e
Status
Experimental
True

Artifact Creation and Usage

Contributors

Please contact Mr. Apurva Desai Apurva.desai@va.gov for additional information.

License
IP Attestation The author asserts that this artifact has been developed in compliance with the intellectual property rights attributed to the source material.
Copyrights

Copyright © 2018 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. All rights reserved. Contributions from external parties are property of respective copyright holders.

Implementation Details
Technical Files
Repository Information
Approval Date
Publication Date
Last Review Date
Knowledge Level

Structured code that is interpretable by a computer (includes data elements, value sets, logic)

Purpose and Usage
Usage
Patient Age Group
Adult
Clinical Venue
Outpatient
Clinical Focus
Adult outpatient being referred to Neurosurgery for Radiculopathy (Lumbar/Thoracic).
Target User
Provider in Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pain Clinic, Physical Therapy
Workflow Task
Referral to Neurosurgery for Radiculopathy (Lumbar/Thoracic).
Cautions

THE CLINICAL CONTENT IN THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT DIRECTLY SUITABLE FOR CLINICAL USE AS PRESENTED SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED IN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN PILOTED, NEVER 100% REPRESENTS THE INTENT OF THE CLINICAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND MAY CAUSE HARM IF APPLIED AS-IS. THIS WORK IS MADE AVAILABLE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, AND WITHOUT CLAIMS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Supporting Evidence
Source Description

 

 

References

 

See attached resource files for additional details. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Informatics and Information Governance, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Content and Health Level 7 (HL7)-Compliant Knowledge Artifacts (KNARTs) Eye Care Clinical Content White Paper, VA118-16-D-1008, Task Order VA-118-16-F-1008-0007, June, 2018.

 

Artifact Representation
Testing Experience
Pilot Experience

None