Next Frontier in Imaging: Disease-specific Radiology Reports (2018)

Next Frontier in Imaging: Disease-specific Radiology Reports (2018) is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and will be held from Mar 27, 2019 - Mar 26, 2022. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Description:
Refresher Courses are sessions captured at past RSNA Annual Meetings focusing on themes of health care reform, payment models, research and innovation, patient-centered radiology, and advances in the different imaging modalities. Refresher Courses are targeted to diagnostic, interventional and oncologic radiologists and are designed to improve knowledge and competence in responding to the challenges and advancements in the field of radiology. Most courses include an audio-visual presentation, as well as a corresponding transcript.

Learning Objectives:
• Demonstrate the advantages of disease-specific reporting over organ-system-based reporting.
• Apply specific examples of the disease-specific templates that have been shown to improve value of imaging in diagnostic and interventional radiology.
• Define what contextual reporting is and demonstrate how to create disease-specific templates.
• Explain the advantages of contextual reporting over conventional structured reporting through the use of imaging examples and contextual templates.
• Learn urologists' and radiologists' opinions on prostate MRI reporting.
• Learn how reports and reporting templates can be improved to include the most relevant clinical data.
• Recognize patterns in how referring provider's opinions may be different from radiologists on optimal imaging report content.
• Recognize how to integrate IR standardized reports in your practice.
• Synthesize the intent behind IR standardized report design and data element selection, as well as how data is collected in the IR Registry.
• Recognize the basic principles of clear communication, recognize quirky dictation habits that confound communication.
• Learn the advantages of structured declarations to unambiguously convey meaning.
• Recognize that structured reports encourage positive radiologist behavior.
• Recognize how structured, disease specific templates can aid in quality improvement and help our clinical colleagues.