Impact of a Structured Report Template on the Quality of MRI Reports for Rectal Cancer Staging

Sahni, V. Anik; Balthazar, Patricia; Sainani, Nisha I.; Khorasani, Ramin

doi:10.2214/ajr.14.14053

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“…This seems very understandable considering that conventional free-text reports often miss relevant negatives, so that a surgeon might be unsure whether or not a certain case is resectable if, for example, the vascular involvement of the superior mesenteric artery is not explicitly mentioned. Comparable results have also been published for other oncological entities such as hepatocellular carcinoma, 12 rectal cancer, 13 as well as for nononcological conditions such as pulmonary embolism 14 and multiple sclerosis, 15 among others. In all cases the respective study showed that structured reports contained significantly more relevant information and that clinicians had a marked preference for structured radiology reports.…”

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confidence: 86%

Structured radiology reporting on an institutional level—benefit or new administrative burden?

Santos

Kotter

2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Significant technical advances have been made in radiology since the first discovery of X-rays. Diagnostic techniques have become more and more complex, workflows have been digitized, and data production has increased exponentially. However, the radiology report as the main method for communicating examination results has largely remained unchanged. Growing evidence supports that more structured radiology reports offer various benefits over conventional narrative reports. Various efforts have been made to further develop and promote structured reporting. However, regardless of the potential benefits, structured reporting has still not seen widespread implementation into the clinical routine. With recent technical advances, especially new research topics such as big data and machine learning, structured reporting could prove essential for the future of radiology. New interoperable solutions are needed to facilitate the implementation of template-based structured reporting into the clinical routine.

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Section: Clinician's Preferences and Communicationmentioning

confidence: 86%

Structured radiology reporting on an institutional level—benefit or new administrative burden?

Santos

Kotter

2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…Reporting times might be less likely to be improved by structured reporting in less standardized, highly variable exams, since a much more complex template structure would be required. But at the same time, reports of highly complex exams might especially benefit from the guidance of a template, since SRs were shown to exhibit higher completeness and allow better extraction of information [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Importantly, the extent to which structured reporting can improve reporting efficiency and quality strongly depends on the technical features of the utilized software.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In previous years, there have been efforts by several international radiological societies to improve the quality of radiological reports through structured reporting [1][2][3][4][5]. Several studies have shown that structured reports (SR) tend to be more complete and may contribute to better clinical decisionmaking compared to conventional free-text reports (FTR) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Structured reporting may be especially useful in highly standardized exams, e.g.…”

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Structured reporting has the potential to reduce reporting times of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry exams

Kim

Sobez

Spiro

et al. 2020

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Background In recent years, structured reporting has been shown to be beneficial with regard to report completeness and clinical decision-making as compared to free-text reports (FTR). However, the impact of structured reporting on reporting efficiency has not been thoroughly evaluted yet. The aim of this study was to compare reporting times and report quality of structured reports (SR) to conventional free-text reports of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry exams (DXA). Methods FTRs and SRs of DXA were retrospectively generated by 2 radiology residents and 2 final-year medical students. Time was measured from the first view of the exam until the report was saved. A random sample of DXA reports was selected and sent to 2 referring physicians for further evaluation of report quality. Results A total of 104 DXA reports (both FTRs and SRs) were generated and 48 randomly selected reports were evaluated by referring physicians. Reporting times were shorter for SRs in both radiology residents and medical students with median reporting times of 2.7 min (residents: 2.7, medical students: 2.7) for SRs and 6.1 min (residents: 5.0, medical students: 7.5) for FTRs. Information extraction was perceived to be significantly easier from SRs vs FTRs (P<0.001). SRs were rated to answer the clinical question significantly better than FTRs (P<0.007). Overall report quality was rated significantly higher for SRs compared to FTRs (P<0.001) with 96% of SRs vs 79% of FTRs receiving high or very high-quality ratings. All readers except for one resident preferred structured reporting over free-text reporting and both referring clinicians preferred SRs over FTRs for DXA. Conclusions Template-based structured reporting of DXA might lead to shorter reporting times and increased report quality.

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“…This was confirmed in other studies regarding reports on rectal cancer. The authors found that the use of a corresponding report template was able to increase the percentage of reports evaluated as optimal from 38 -70 % [20] and the percentage of relevant information contained in the report from 38 -98 % [21].…”

Section: Structured Reportingmentioning

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Structured Reporting in Clinical Routine

Santos

Hempel

Mildenberger

et al. 2018

Fortschr Röntgenstr

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Impact of a Structured Report Template on the Quality of MRI Reports for Rectal Cancer Staging

Cited by 106 publications

References 32 publications

Structured radiology reporting on an institutional level—benefit or new administrative burden?

Structured radiology reporting on an institutional level—benefit or new administrative burden?

Structured reporting has the potential to reduce reporting times of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry exams

Structured Reporting in Clinical Routine

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