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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Accuracy of On-Call CT Reporting in Teleradiology Networks in Comparison to In-House Reporting.

Svea Storjohann, Michael Kirsch, Britta Rosenberg, Christian Rosenberg, Sandra Lange, Annika Syperek, Frank Philipp Schweikhard, Norbert Hosten

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Svea StorjohannDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Michael KirschDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Britta RosenbergDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Christian RosenbergDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Sandra LangeDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Annika SyperekDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Frank Philipp SchweikhardDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Norbert HostenDepartment of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald · DE

Funding

European Commission INT-08-0001, 2010-2018 and FKP-0293-20-C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: We aimed to compare the accuracy of after-hours CT reports created in a traditional in-house setting versus a teleradiology setting by assessing the discrepancy rates between preliminary and final reports. (2) Methods: We conducted a prospective study to determine the number and severity of discrepancies between preliminary and final reports for 7761 consecutive after-hours CT scans collected over a 21-month period. CT exams were performed during on-call hours and were proofread by an attending the next day. Discrepancies between preliminary and gold-standard reports were evaluated by two senior attending radiologists, and differences in rates were assessed for statistical significance. (3) Results: A total of 7209 reports were included in the analysis. Discrepancies occurred in 1215/7209 cases (17%). Among these, 433/7209 reports (6%) showed clinically important differences between the preliminary and final reports. A total of 335/5509 of them were in-house reports (6.1%), and 98/1700 were teleradiology reports (5.8%). The relative frequencies of report changes were not significantly higher in teleradiology. (4) Conclusions: The accuracy of teleradiology reports was not inferior to that of in-house reports, with very similar clinically important differences rates found in both reporting situations.

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diagnostic errorquality controlreportingresidenttelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID33916229
PMCPMC8065948
OpenAlexW3141600140

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