The researchers then retrospectively compared the percentage of studies for preliminary written reports within these thresholds for 485 pulmonary CTA studies between May 2006 and July 2006 (prior to implementation of teleradiology) and 617 studies completed three months afterward (from January 2007 to March 2007). Emergency medicine physicians also reported that 40 minutes was an acceptable limit for interpretation time. 180-189).įrom the survey, the authors found that radiology chairs determined that the median optimal preliminary written interpretation time for these studies was 60 minutes, compared with 20 minutes for emergency medicine physicians. Seeking to evaluate how a teleradiology service would affect interpretation time for pulmonary CTA studies, the researchers first surveyed 31 emergency medicine attending physicians at Yale-New Haven Hospital and 75 radiology administrators of academic radiology departments to develop achievable goals for interpreting these studies ( JACR, March 2009, Vol. Scott Kennedy of Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. "By establishing agreed-on time standards for reporting such examinations, radiologists and clinicians can collaborate to ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment of potentially lethal illnesses, such as ," wrote a research team led by Dr. Ma- The use of teleradiology can improve the timeliness of preliminary written reports for off-hours pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) studies, according to an article published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Teleradiology can speed pulmonary CTA reads By Erik L.
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