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  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Radiology
  • Health Economics

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  • Arthroplasty pathway optimization is crucial for maximizing value and minimizing costs.
  • Current hospital contracts often mandate radiologist readings for all intraoperative radiographs.
  • The value of radiologist overreads in real-time surgical decision-making is questioned.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the delay between intraoperative radiograph acquisition and report generation.
  • To assess the accuracy of radiologist overreads on intraoperative radiographs.
  • To determine the cost-effectiveness of radiologist overreads in arthroplasty procedures.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewed 200 hip and knee radiograph reports from 391 arthroplasty cases over six months.
  • Compared report dictation time with surgical procedure completion time.
  • Assessed overread accuracy using defined criteria and calculated associated costs.

Main Results:

  • Median delay for reports was 45 minutes, with only 31.5% filed before procedure completion.
  • 18.0% of overreads were deemed inaccurate, even with lenient criteria.
  • Annual projected costs for overreads reached $43,614 at the facility.

Conclusions:

  • Radiologist overreads of intraoperative radiographs do not influence real-time surgical decisions.
  • Value-based care necessitates a shift away from reimbursing unnecessary overreads.
  • Reimbursement should prioritize intraoperative radiograph interpretation by providers involved in real-time patient care.