The Radiologist Is in, but Was it Worth the Wait? Radiology Resident Note Quality in an Outpatient Interventional Radiology Clinic

Preprocedural evaluation of patients in an interventional radiology (IR) clinic is a complex synthesis of physical examination and imaging findings, and as IR transitions to an independent clinical specialty, such evaluations will become an increasingly critical component of a successful IR practice and quality patient care. Prior research suggests that preprocedural evaluations increased patient ’s perceived quality of care and may improve procedural technical success rates. Appropriate documentation of a preprocedural evaluation in the medical record is also paramount for an interventional radiologist to add value and function as an effective member of a larger IR service and multidiscip linary health care team.

Source: Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology - February 3, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Salim E. Abboud, Stephanie Soriano, Rayan Abboud, Indravadan Patel, Jon Davidson, Nami R. Azar, Dean A. Nakamoto Source Type: research