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Improving Radiology Resident Reporting Through Structured Reporting

Published:March 07, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2023.02.013
      In this issue, Vosshenrich et al. (
      • Vosshenrich J
      • Brantner P
      • Cyriac J
      • et al.
      Quantifying the effects of structured reporting on report turnaround times and proofreading workload in neuroradiology.
      ) describe their efforts to quantify the effects of adopting structured reporting (SR) templates in a Neuroradiology training environment. Specifically, the authors measured pre- and postimplementation differences in report turnaround time (TAT) and on the extent of faculty-required proofreading changes. Following the introduction of SR templates, the authors noted shorter time-to-preliminary and decreased time-to-final reporting measures, concluding that improved report similarity between resident preliminary and final reports likely contributed to the decreased TATs.
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