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¹Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10305, USA, elliotlandau2@gmail.com.

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A new system highlights laterality terms in radiology reports, successfully detecting and correcting errors before finalization. This tool significantly reduces reporting mistakes, improving diagnostic accuracy in medical imaging.

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Radiology
Health Informatics

Background:

Errors in laterality, misreporting left-sided findings as right-sided or vice versa, pose a risk in medical reporting.
While protocols exist in other specialties, specific studies on preventing laterality errors in radiology reports are scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a system for detecting and correcting laterality errors in radiology reports before finalization.

Main Methods:

A system was created to display radiology reports in a separate window with highlighted laterality terms.
Radiologists could correlate report terms with images in PACS and correct errors prior to finalizing the report.
The system monitored and recorded detected laterality errors over a seven-month period.

Main Results:

The system detected 32 laterality errors over seven months, with a detection rate of 0.0007%.
Computed tomography (CT) showed the highest error detection rate among all imaging modalities.
A significantly higher number of errors were detected in male patients compared to female patients.

Conclusions:

The developed system effectively detects and allows for the correction of laterality errors in radiology reports.
Implementation of this system can enhance the accuracy and reliability of radiological reporting.
Further investigation into gender-specific error patterns may be warranted.