Assessing the initial adaptability and impact of a mobile dictation and reporting system in the radiology department of an academic hospital

Raja L. Gali; Jaydev K. Dave

doi:10.1117/12.2254657

13 March 2017 Assessing the initial adaptability and impact of a mobile dictation and reporting system in the radiology department of an academic hospital

Raja L. Gali, Jaydev K. Dave

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Proceedings Volume 10138, Medical Imaging 2017: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications; 1013811 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254657
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Mobile Radiologist 360, rolled out as part of the voice dictation system upgrade from Nuance Powerscribe 5.0 to PS360 allows an attending radiologist to edit and sign-off a report assigned by a trainee or that has been started by the radiologist on a workstation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the adoptability and impact of this application. Report turnaround time data was extracted from the RIS (GE-Centricity RIS-IC) for 60 days before- (period-1) and 60 days after- (period-2) the application implementation and then, for 60 days after end of period-2 (period-3). Adoptability of the application was evaluated using two metrics; first, the number of attending radiologists who signed-off reports using the application in periods 2 and 3, and second, the proportion of reports signed-off by the top five users of the mobile application using the application. Impact of the application was evaluated by comparing the time from initial dictation to final sign-off (time_PF) for the top five users of the mobile application to the time_PF by other five radiologists who did not use the application. 41% radiologists used the mobile application at least once during the study period; the proportion of cases signed-off using the mobile application ranged from 1% to 20%. ANOVA revealed no statistically significant effect of the mobile application system on time_PF (p=0.842). In conclusion, there was low initial adoptability and no impact of the mobile dictation and reporting system in reducing the time from initial dictation to final sign-off on a radiology report.

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Raja L. Gali and Jaydev K. Dave "Assessing the initial adaptability and impact of a mobile dictation and reporting system in the radiology department of an academic hospital", Proc. SPIE 10138, Medical Imaging 2017: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications, 1013811 (13 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254657

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