The dictated report and the radiologist's ethos. An inextricable relationship: Pitfalls to avoid

Abstract Radiologists’ reputation as expert image interpreters are in large measured defined by the content of their written reports. Habitually use of terms that reveal a lack of decisiveness will serve to diminish their esteem in the minds of their referrers. Recurrent resort expression to such as...

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Published in:European journal of radiology 2014-01, Vol.83 (1), p.236-238
Main Author: Baker, Stephen R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control
Documentation - methods
Ethos
Europe
Indecisive phrases
Medical Records
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Radiology
Terminology as Topic
Written report
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Summary:Abstract Radiologists’ reputation as expert image interpreters are in large measured defined by the content of their written reports. Habitually use of terms that reveal a lack of decisiveness will serve to diminish their esteem in the minds of their referrers. Recurrent resort expression to such as questionable, suspicious, cannot rule out, and clinical correlation requested when frequently deployed are examples of phrases that can have a negative effect on the radiologist's ethos.
ISSN:0720-048X
1872-7727
DOI:10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.019