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ArticleJournal of imaging informatics in medicine2024

Integrated Automatic Examination Assignment Reduces Radiologist Interruptions: A 2-Year Cohort Study of 232,022 Examinations.

Wyanne Law, Admir Terzic, Joshua Chaim, Joseph P Erinjeri, Hedvig Hricak, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Anton S Becker

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Wyanne LawDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0810-2901
Admir TerzicDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Joshua ChaimDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Joseph P ErinjeriDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hedvig HricakDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hebert Alberto VargasDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anton S BeckerDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Anton.Becker@nyulangone.org.

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X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
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Abstract

Radiology departments face challenges in delivering timely and accurate imaging reports, especially in high-volume, subspecialized settings. In this retrospective cohort study at a tertiary cancer center, we assessed the efficacy of an Automatic Assignment System (AAS) in improving radiology workflow efficiency by analyzing 232,022 CT examinations over a 12-month period post-implementation and compared it to a historical control period. The AAS was integrated with the hospital-wide scheduling system and set up to automatically prioritize and distribute unreported CT examinations to available radiologists based on upcoming patient appointments, coupled with an email notification system. Following this AAS implementation, despite a 9% rise in CT volume, coupled with a concurrent 8% increase in the number of available radiologists, the mean daily urgent radiology report requests (URR) significantly decreased by 60% (25 ± 12 to 10 ± 5, t = -17.6, p < 0.001), and URR during peak days (95

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Automatic examination assignmentHealth informaticsRadiology workflow optimizationSubspecializationSystems integrationTurnaround time (TAT)Workflow efficiency

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PMID38343207
PMCPMC10976913

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