EHR-based screening program for abdominal aortic aneurysms cuts the number of unscreened at-risk men by more than half

A screening program for abdominal aortic aneurysms, integrated into an electronic health record, dramatically reduced the number of unscreened at-risk men by more than 50 percent within 15 months, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a balloon- like bulge in the aorta, which - if ruptured - can result in death.