Radiologic educationEmail Notification Combined with Off Site Signing Substantially Reduces Resident Approval to Faculty Verification Time
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Materials and methods
This study was reviewed by the local institutional review board and was classified as an exempt study because it was analysis of existing administrative data. The study was also deemed to be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by the associated privacy office.
Results
The query of the radiology database produced 461,916 reports with 293,434 (63.5%) before the intervention and 168,482 (36.5%) after the intervention. Table 1 shows the breakdown of these into the total number of resident-dictated reports and the number of resident-dictated reports changed by attending radiologists prior to signing (lnRAED >0). The distribution of all five categorical (control) variables is shown in Table 2. One notable difference from before to after the intervention was in the
Discussion
Many methods have been used to streamline radiology examination and reporting. Digital image generation, an integrated picture archiving and communication system and radiology information system, and the adoption of computer-based voice recognition have been shown to improve RTAT and have been used at our institution 5, 7. In an attempt to further improve AST, the component that most directly can be controlled by attending radiologists, additional interventions were explored to simplify and
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