Quality In Teleradiology Reporting
“ Quality is the extent to which the right procedure is done in the right way at the right time, and the correct interpretation is accurately and quickly communicated to the patient and referring physician .” Hillman et al Teleradiology is playing a crucial role in delivering patient care with its prompt and quality service. The quality of radiological reporting depends on multiple parameters apart from the internal review and external feedback system like Communication between the reporting radiologists and referring physician for better understanding of the case PACS and workflow management Operational team (CTC) Access to reporting tele-radiologist for clarification / discussion The Internal Parameters can be listed as – 1. Internal Quality Assurance Team sets up an auditing system involving methodology on random review of the reports and peer reviews at regular intervals. The key performance indicators (KPIs) are prepared by the team in alignment w...