Structured Reporting in Radiology

Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan; Phuong Anh Thi Duong; Linda Probyn; Leon Lenchik; Tatum A. McArthur; Michele Retrouvey; Emily H. Ghobadi; Stephane L. Desouches; David Pastel; Isaac R. Francis

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2017.08.005

Structured Reporting in Radiology

Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan, Phuong Anh Thi Duong, Linda Probyn, Leon Lenchik, Tatum A. McArthur, Michele Retrouvey, Emily H. Ghobadi, Stephane L. Desouches, David Pastel, Isaac R. Francis

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Abstract

Radiology reports are vital for patient care as referring physicians depend upon them for deciding appropriate patient management. Traditional narrative reports are associated with excessive variability in the language, length, and style, which can minimize report clarity and make it difficult for referring clinicians to identify key information needed for patient care. Structured reporting has been advocated as a potential solution for improving the quality of radiology reports. The Association of University Radiologists—Radiology Research Alliance Structured Reporting Task Force convened to explore the current and future role of structured reporting in radiology and summarized its finding in this article. We review the advantages and disadvantages of structured radiology reports and discuss the current prevailing sentiments among radiologists regarding structured reports. We also discuss the obstacles to the use of structured reports and highlight ways to overcome some of those challenges. We also discuss the future directions in radiology reporting in the era of personalized medicine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	66-73
Number of pages	8
Journal	Academic radiology
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2017.08.005
State	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

Radiology
patient care
patient-centered radiology
research
structured reports

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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