Facilitating Surveillance of Incidental Findings Using a Novel Reporting Template: Proof of Concept in Patients With Pancreatic Abnormalities

Autor: Nisa Kubiliun, Veronica L. Coleman, Ivan Pedrosa, Gaurav Khatri, Nadine Zeidan, William C. Smith, Samuel H. Dunn, Rebecca M. Minter, John R. Leyendecker, John C. Mansour, Lan Vu, Travis Browning
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Radiology. 18:1246-1257
ISSN: 1546-1440
Popis: OBJECTIVE To determine the surveillance impact of utilizing a discrete field in structured radiology reports in patients with incidental pancreatic findings. METHODS We implemented a dictation template containing a discrete structured field element to auto-trigger listing of patients with incidental pancreatic findings on a pancreas clinic registry in the electronic health record. We isolated CT and MRI reports with incidental pancreatic findings over a 24-month period. We stratified patients by presence or absence of the discrete field element in reports (flagged versus unflagged) and evaluated the impact of report flagging on likelihood of clinic follow-up, follow-up imaging, endoscopic ultrasound, surgical intervention, genetics referral, obtaining pathologic diagnosis, and time interval between index imaging to various outcomes. RESULTS Patients with flagged reports were more likely to be seen or discussed in a pancreas clinic compared with those with unflagged reports (189 of 376, 50.3% versus 79 of 474, 16.7%; P
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