Structured reporting of CT enterography for inflammatory bowel disease: effect on key feature reporting, accuracy across training levels, and subjective assessment of disease by referring physicians

Abstract

Structured reporting of CTE for IBD improved documentation of key reporting features for trainees and faculty, though there was minimal impact on accuracy. Referring physicians subjectively preferred the structured reports.

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

“…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.…”

“…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 decision-making 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.…”

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

“…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.…”

“…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.…”

Structured Reporting in Clinical Routine

“…It was able to be shown even outside of oncology that structured reporting results in a relevant increase in quality. Reports for simple chest X-rays [23] as well as for complicated examinations like CT enterography [24], MRI examination of the shoulder [25], CT angiography of the pulmonary circulation [26] and MRI examination in multiple sclerosis [27] benefit greatly from the use of structured report templates. In all cases significantly more relevant information was contained in the corresponding reports and referring clinicians preferred the structured reports to the conventional free-text format.…”