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ArticleJournal of the American College of Radiology : JACR2015

A default normal chest CT structured reporting field for coronary calcifications does not cause excessive false-negative reporting.

William R Walter, Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, Jeffrey M Levsky, Hillel W Cohen, Meir H Scheinfeld

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William R WalterDepartment of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Shlomit Goldberg-SteinDepartment of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Jeffrey M LevskyDepartment of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Hillel W CohenDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Meir H ScheinfeldDepartment of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Electronic address: mscheinf@montefiore.org.

Funding

Core-010UL1TR001073 · NCATS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI KELLER, MARLA J, SHAMOON, HARRY · 2013 to 2017
$21.3M
Clinical and Translational Science AwardKL2TR001071 · NCATS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI SHAMOON, HARRY · 2013 to 2017
$968k
Clinical and Translational Science AwardTL1TR001072 · NCATS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI SHAMOON, HARRY · 2013 to 2017
$909k
NCATS NIH HHS 1 KL2 TR001071-01NCATS NIH HHS 1 TL1 TR001072-01NCATS NIH HHS 1 UL1 TR001073-01NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001071NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001072NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001073
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Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of coronary atherosclerosis reporting before and after the implementation of a structured reporting chest CT template.

methodsA noncardiac, noncontrast chest CT structured reporting template was developed and mandated for department-wide use at a large academic center. The template included the statement "There are no coronary artery calcifications." All noncardiac, noncontrast chest CT examinations reported over 3 days, 1 month after template implementation (structured template group), and from a 3-day period 1 year prior (control group) were retrospectively collected. Final radiology reports were reviewed and designated positive or negative for coronary calcifications. CT images were reviewed in consensus by 2 radiologists, who scored each case for the presence or absence of coronary calcifications, blinded to the original report. Statistical analysis was performed using Pearson χ(2) and Fisher exact tests.

resultsSixty-five percent (69 of 106) of structured template group and 58% (62 of 106) of control group cases had coronary calcifications. Reports from the structured template group were more likely to correctly state the presence or absence of coronary atherosclerosis compared with those from the control group (96.2% vs 85.8%; odds ratio, 4.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-13.1; P = .008). Structured template group reports were less likely to be falsely negative compared with control group reports (3.8% vs 11.7%; odds ratio, 3.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.0-10.8; P = .03).

conclusionsImplementing a structured reporting template improves reporting accuracy of coronary calcifications.

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Guidelines as TopicPractice Guidelines as TopicCoronary Artery DiseaseDocumentationFalse Negative ReactionsGuideline AdherenceHumansMedical RecordsMiddle AgedRadiography, ThoracicRadiology Information SystemsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedUnited Statescoronary calcificationsreport qualityStructured reporting

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PMID25987467
PMCPMC4529794

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