Structured reporting of x-rays for atraumatic shoulder pain: advantages over free text?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:To analyse structured and free text reports of shoulder X-ray examinations evaluating the quality of reports and potential contributions to clinical decision-making. METHODS:We acquired both standard free text and structured reports of 31 patients with a painful shoulder without history of previous trauma who received X-ray exams. A template was created for the structured report based on the template ID 0000154 (Shoulder X-ray) from radreport.org using online software with clickable decision trees with concomitant generation of structured semantic reports. All reports were evaluated regarding overall quality and key features: content, information extraction and clinical relevance. RESULTS:Two experienced orthopaedic surgeons reviewed and rated structured and free text reports of 31 patients independently. The structured reports achieved significantly higher median ratings in all key features evaluated (P?

SUBMITTER: Schoppe F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029150 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature