Integrity of clinical information in radiology reports documenting pulmonary nodules.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Quantify the integrity, measured as completeness and concordance with a thoracic radiologist, of documenting pulmonary nodule characteristics in CT reports and assess impact on making follow-up recommendations.

Authors

  • Ronilda Lacson
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120.
  • Laila Cochon
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Patrick R Ching
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Eseosa Odigie
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Neena Kapoor
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120.
  • Staci Gagne
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Mark M Hammer
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
  • Ramin Khorasani
    Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120.