QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR RADIOLOGY REPORTING

本项目的目标是加强质量保证工具 在放射科。重点将放在质量上 放射科医生的报告。基本理论是， 可以使用由医疗信息系统捕获的临床数据， 对放射科医生提供的许多 在医院做的X光检查 衡量所报告信息质量的两种方法将 被利用第一种方法使用来自 病理部门和其他电脑化来源来证实 放射科医生记录的解释。第二种方法探索 一种基于X射线和X射线之间联系的数学模型的方法， 解释和出院诊断。这种方法承诺， 提供报告质量的全球衡量标准， 关于报告胸部X光片具体发现的准确性。 质量保证计划的管理方法和 向放射科医生提供质量评估措施， 作为这个项目的一部分。连续性科学的方法 质量改进将被使用，并将被评估，以确定其 在这种环境下的有效性。

The goal of this project is to enhance the quality assurance tools available in the Radiology Department. The focus will be on the quality of the reports produced by radiologists. The underlying theory is that the clinical data captured by a Medical Information System can by used to critique the interpretations provided by radiologists for many of the x-ray procedures done in the hospital. Two approaches to measuring the quality of the reported information will be used. The first approach used specific clinical information from the Pathology Department and other computerized sources to corroborate interpretations recorded by radiologists. The second approach explores a methodology based on a mathematical model of the link between x-ray interpretations and discharge diagnoses. This approach promises to provide both a global measure of report quality and a measurement focused on reporting accuracy for specific findings from the chest x-ray. Approaches to the management of a quality assurance program and the delivery of quality assessment measures to the radiologists will be studied as a part of this project. Methods from the science of Continuous Quality Improvement will be used and will be evaluated to determine their effectiveness in this environment.