Dictation and Reports

This Viewpoint discusses the origins of the term provider as a reference to health care professionals, considers unintentional and potentially detrimental consequences of its use, and recommends replacement of the term with precise and respectful language that specifies the titles, roles, and...

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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 question …

Conditional radiologist recommendations are associated with decreased provider adherence, though the likelihood of a clinically relevant finding on follow-up CT is no different than with absolute recommendations.

The art and science of interpreting radiologic examinations, an ability that is acquired over years of training, is on display in every radiology report. It is vital that these reports be crafted so as to both reflect the radiologist's expertise and capability and eliminate any factors that might re …