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M De Filippo¹, A Corsi, L Evaristi

¹Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche, Università degli Studi di Parma, Ospedale Maggiore di Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy. massimo.defilippo@unipr.it

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Radiology requests often lack clinical questions (22%) and are inappropriate (27.6%), impacting diagnostic effectiveness. Improved clinician-radiologist collaboration is essential for better patient risk management.

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Radiology
Medical Imaging
Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

Radiology requests and reports are critical for accurate diagnosis.
Errors in requests and reports can compromise patient care and risk management.
Evaluating the quality of radiology services is essential for healthcare improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the appropriateness and accuracy of radiology requests and matched reports.
To identify recurring errors in both radiology requests and reports.
To determine the impact of request quality on diagnostic processes.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 500 radiology requests and matched reports.
Random sampling of 167 computed tomography (CT), 166 ultrasonography (US), and 167 radiographic examinations.
Evaluation based on national referral guidelines and principles of justification and optimization.

Main Results:

A high rate of inappropriate requests (27.6%) and missing clinical questions (22%) was found.
Anamnestic data (80.6%) and diagnostic question formulation (76.8%) showed good precision.
12.5% of handwritten requests lacked physician's stamp/signature; reports omitted equipment details and clinical information.

Conclusions:

Significant weaknesses exist in radiology requests, particularly the lack of clinical questions and appropriateness.
These deficiencies can hinder diagnostic effectiveness and negatively impact risk management.
Enhanced collaboration between clinicians and radiologists is necessary to improve the quality of radiology services.