The "Traffic Lights" system is an automated, stratified system of radiological test ordering, aimed at reducing the number of unnecessary tests and their associated costs.
The system is currently implemented at Southern Health.
"Traffic Lights" involves stratification of radiological tests into three groups, denoted by red, amber, and green colours.
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PROTOCOLS
The radiology emergency imaging protocols are derived from the best available evidence and assist the clinician in determining which patients require imaging at all and which test is likely to be the most appropriate to the clinical question.
Here are some examples of the protocols in use at Southern Health:
Patient information sheets or consent forms are useful because they:
provide consistent information to patients
allow patients to talk to their own doctor, and their family and friends, to become familiar with the information before arriving in the radiology department
Here are some examples of the consent forms used at Southern Health:
