Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Radiology Informatics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
J Digit Imaging. 2022 Oct;35(5):1350-1357. doi: 10.1007/s10278-022-00621-y. Epub 2022 Apr 20.
Regular communication between technologists and radiologists is necessary for maintaining optimal diagnostic image quality throughout a radiology practice. In a large hospital system with multiple sites, this task becomes increasingly difficult without simultaneously causing significant disruptions in the clinical workflow and decreased throughput. Thus, establishing a system for quality control reporting that enables effective communication in a seamless and convenient manner is imperative. In this report, we describe the development of a new integrated system, in collaboration with our PACS vendor, with tools that allow for instant reporting of quality errors and dashboards providing real-time up-to-date quality data across our hospital system, directly accessible from PACS. To date, 8,167 quality reports have been logged in our new system with roughly 355 submissions per month. Early user engagement and consensus feedback among radiologists and technologists have been positive suggesting an overall improvement from prior systems. We hope this report can help inform other radiology enterprises seeking to improve quality control reporting within their clinical practice.
为了在整个放射科实践中保持最佳的诊断图像质量，技术人员和放射科医生之间需要进行定期的沟通。在一个拥有多个站点的大型医院系统中，如果不同时对临床工作流程造成重大干扰并降低吞吐量，这项任务会变得越来越困难。因此，建立一个能够以无缝和方便的方式进行有效沟通的质量控制报告系统是至关重要的。在本报告中，我们描述了与我们的 PACS 供应商合作开发的一个新的集成系统，该系统具有工具，可以即时报告质量错误，并提供我们医院系统内实时的最新质量数据，可直接从 PACS 访问。迄今为止，我们的新系统已经记录了 8167 份质量报告，每月大约有 355 份提交。放射科医生和技术人员的早期用户参与和共识反馈都是积极的，这表明与之前的系统相比有了整体的改进。我们希望本报告能够为其他寻求在临床实践中改进质量控制报告的放射科企业提供信息。
