Development and Assessment of an Information Technology Intervention to Improve the Clarity of Radiologist Follow-up Recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is challenging to ensure timely performance of radiologist-recommended additional imaging when radiologist recommendation language is incomplete or ambiguous.

Objective

To evaluate whether voluntary use of an information technology tool with forced structured entry of recommendation attributes was associated with improved completeness of recommendations for additional imaging over time.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of imaging report data was performed at an academic quaternary care center in Boston, Massachusetts, and included consecutive adults with radiology examinations performed from September 12 to 13, 2019 (taxonomy validation), October 14 to 17, 2019 (before intervention), April 5 to 7, 2021 (1 week after intervention), and

SUBMITTER: Guenette JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature