RSNA Radiology Reporting Initiative

RSNA Radiology Reporting Initiative

The RSNA has established a Radiology Reporting Committee to identify and promote "best practices" in radiology reporting. The Committee, part of the Radiology Informatics Committee, includes radiologists and imaging informatics experts.

Background Reading

• Towards best practices in radiology reporting. Radiology 2009 [in press].

• 2008 Health policy statement on structured reporting in cardiovascular imaging

• The radiology report of the future: a summary of the 2007 Intersociety Conference

Progress

• June 2008: RSNA convened a workshop to plan the future of radiology reporting. More than 50 radiologists, medical informatics specialists, and representatives of cardiology, oncology, and pathology participated. [RSNA_Reporting_Committee_Plan_2008.doc]

• May 2009: RSNA held a reporting industry forum.

Reporting Template Guidelines

We have developed report template guidelines.

References

We are constructing a bibliography of structured reporting in radiology.