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29.08.2016 | Computer Applications
Usage of structured reporting in radiological practice: results from an Italian online survey
Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 5/2017
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Objectives
To assess the opinion on structured reporting (SR) and its usage by radiologist members of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM) via an online survey.
Methods
All members received an email invitation to join the survey as an initiative by the SIRM Imaging Informatics Chapter. The survey included 10 questions about demographic information, definition of radiological SR, its usage in everyday practice, perceived advantages and disadvantages over conventional reporting and overall opinion about SR.
Results
1159 SIRM members participated in the survey. 40.3 % of respondents gave a correct definition of radiological SR, but as many as 56 % of them never used it at work. Compared with conventional reporting, the most appreciated advantages of SR were higher reproducibility (70.5 %), better interaction with referring clinicians (58.3 %) and the option to link metadata (36.7 %). Risk of excessive simplification (59.8 %), template rigidity (56.1 %) and poor user compliance (42.1 %) were the most significant disadvantages. Overall, most respondents (87.0 %) were in favour of the adoption of radiological SR.
Conclusions
Most radiologists were interested in radiological SR and in favour of its adoption. However, concerns about semantic, technical and professional issues limited its diffusion in real working life, encouraging efforts towards improved SR standardisation and engineering.
Key Points
• Despite radiologists’ awareness, radiological SR is little used in working practice.
• Perceived SR advantages are reproducibility, better clinico-radiological interaction and link to metadata.
• Perceived SR disadvantages are excessive simplification, template rigidity and poor user compliance.
• Improved standardisation and engineering may be helpful to boost SR diffusion.