Author Interviews, Medical Imaging, Outcomes & Safety, Pulmonary Disease, Radiology / 29.05.2015
Increasing Speed Of Radiology Interpretations Increases Interpretation Errors
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Evgeniya Sokolovskaya, DO, MD
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ 07740.
Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Sokolovskaya: As the utilization of diagnostic imaging has continued to increase in recent years, the workload of radiologists has correspondingly risen. Radiologists are under pressure to increase productivity by increasing workload volume. Previous studies have shown that increasing the number of reporting exams per day can affect the accuracy of radiologic interpretations, increase an error rate and degrade radiologists’ performance in the detection of pathology as viewing time per study decreases. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if faster reporting speed when reading CT imaging studies of the Abdomen and Pelvis, results in higher number of misses and interpretation errors. The results of our study showed that the number of major misses and interpretation errors significantly increased at the faster reporting speed.
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