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Introduction
The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) guidelines provide national best practice recommendations to help clinicians determine the most appropriate medical imaging tests based on patient symptoms and clinical context. These guidelines aim to improve care quality and reduce unnecessary imaging.
To support clinicians in applying these guidelines at the point of care, OceanMD has developed new Clinical Decision Support (CDS) functionality within its digital referral forms.
Step 1: Configuring an External Data Source
- From the Admin Settings page, click Integrations then "Register an Integration."
- Select 'External Data Source'.
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Specify 'CAR' into the 'Integration Name' field.
The Integration Name must be entered exactly as “CAR” — it is case-sensitive and must appear in all capital letters
- In the 'Request URL' textbox, enter the following:
ocean-cds-infobase.netlify.app/car.json - For Authentication Type select No Authentication
- Click 'Save'.
- The integration will be added to the 'External Data Source' table in the main Integrations page. It can be edited or removed at any time using the buttons on the right.
Step 2: Search and Import CAR Guidelines Widget eForm
- Log in to the Ocean Portal. Click the "Menu" button in the top left corner and select eForms.
- Click on the "More" button and select "View Shared Forms" from the dropdown menu of options.
- Search for CAR Guidelines Widget , once you find the eForm, click it, and select the "Import" button
- The imported form should now appear in your site's list of eForms.
Step 3: Adding the CAR Guidelines Widget to an eForm
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In the eForms area of the Ocean Portal, open each form in the eForm editor by selecting each form and clicking the 'Edit' button.
This will result in two different eForm editor tabs being open in your web browser (i.e., one for each form).
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Select the item or section that you wish to copy. The selection will be highlighted in purple.
Click the copy icon from the top of the eForm editor (i.e. the clipboard beside the blue plus sign, with arrow pointing into the clipboard).
Please Note: To maintain consistency and avoid formatting issues, we recommend transferring content between eForms at the section level rather than copying and pasting the entire form.
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Open the eForm you want to paste the copied item or section into.
Note: We recommened to click 'Save' after adding each new section or item.
Paste the selection into the second form by selecting the paste icon (i.e. clipboard on the right, with arrow pointing out of the clipboard).
- Remember to click 'Save Changes' when you're done editing your form(s).
