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Impact of an Information Technology-Enabled Initiative on the Quality of Prostate Multiparametric MRI Reports.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

Assess the impact of implementing a structured report template and a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tool on the quality of prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) reports.

Materials and methods

Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study performed at an academic medical center. The study cohort included all prostate mp-MRI reports (n = 385) finalized 6 months before and after implementation of a structured report template and a CAD tool (collectively the information technology [IT] tools) integrated into the picture archiving and communication system workstation. Primary outcome measure was quality of prostate mp-MRI reports. An expert panel of our institution's subspecialty-trained abdominal radiologists defined prostate mp-MRI report quality as optimal, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory based on documentation of nine variables. Reports were reviewed to extract the predefined quality variables and determine whether the IT tools were used to create each report. Chi-square and Student's t tests were used to compare report quality before and after implementation of IT tools.

Results

The overall proportion of optimal or satisfactory reports increased from 29.8% (47/158) to 53.3% (121/227) (P < .001) after implementing the IT tools. Although the proportion of optimal or satisfactory reports increased among reports generated using at least one of the IT tools (47/158 = [29.8%] vs. 105/161 = [65.2%]; P < .001), there was no change in quality among reports generated without use of the IT tools (47/158 = [29.8%] vs. 16/66 = [24.2%]; P = .404).

Conclusions

The use of a structured template and CAD tool improved the quality of prostate mp-MRI reports compared to free-text report format and subjective measurement of contrast enhancement kinetic curve.

SUBMITTER: Silveira PC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4589255 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of an Information Technology-Enabled Initiative on the Quality of Prostate Multiparametric MRI Reports.

Silveira Patricia C PC Dunne Ruth R Sainani Nisha I NI Lacson Ronilda R Silverman Stuart G SG Tempany Clare M CM Khorasani Ramin R

Academic radiology 20150408 7

<h4>Rationale and objectives</h4>Assess the impact of implementing a structured report template and a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tool on the quality of prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) reports.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study performed at an academic medical center. The study cohort included all prostate mp-MRI reports (n = 385) finalized 6 mo ...[more]

PMID: 25863794

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Impact of an Information Technology-Enabled Initiative on the Quality of Prostate Multiparametric MRI Reports.

Rationale and objectives

Materials and methods

Results

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Impact of an Information Technology-Enabled Initiative on the Quality of Prostate Multiparametric MRI Reports.

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