Reason for exam Imaging Reporting and Data System (RI-RADS): A grading system to standardize radiology requisitions

Aidin Abedi; Salar Tofighi; Sana Salehi; Paul T Latterman; Kyle D Basques; Ali Gholamrezanezhad

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2019.108661

Reason for exam Imaging Reporting and Data System (RI-RADS): A grading system to standardize radiology requisitions

Eur J Radiol. 2019 Nov:120:108661. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2019.108661. Epub 2019 Sep 9.

Authors

Aidin Abedi¹, Salar Tofighi², Sana Salehi³, Paul T Latterman⁴, Kyle D Basques⁵, Ali Gholamrezanezhad⁶

Affiliations

¹ Visiting Research Scholar, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: aidin.abedi@med.usc.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: salar.tofighi@usc.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: ss_633@usc.edu.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: platterman@dhs.lacounty.gov.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: kyle.basques2@advocatehealth.com.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: ali.gholamrezanezhad@med.usc.edu.

PMID: 31610322
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2019.108661

Abstract

Radiologists often encounter imaging requisitions that lack important information needed for accurate diagnostic studies. Reason for exam Imaging Reporting and Data System (RI-RADS) is proposed as a grading system for evaluation of the quality of clinically pertinent information provided in imaging requisitions. Three categories of information are suggested as key indicators of quality: impression, clinical findings, and the diagnostic question. This scheme is intended to improve the quality of imaging requisitions and overall patient care.

Keywords: Communication; Diagnostic errors; Medical records; Patient care; Quality improvement; Radiology.

MeSH terms

Data Systems
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control
Humans
Medical Records / standards
Quality Improvement
Radiography / standards*
Radiology / standards
Radiology Information Systems / standards*
Research Design