The dictated report and the radiologist's ethos. An inextricable relationship: pitfalls to avoid

Stephen R Baker

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.019

The dictated report and the radiologist's ethos. An inextricable relationship: pitfalls to avoid

Eur J Radiol. 2014 Jan;83(1):236-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.019. Epub 2013 Oct 27.

Author

Stephen R Baker¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24262977
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.019

Abstract

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 questionable, suspicious, cannot rule out, and clinical correlation requested when frequently deployed are examples of phrases that can have a negative effect on the radiologist's ethos.

Keywords: Ethos; Indecisive phrases; Written report.

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
Documentation / methods*
Europe
Medical Records*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Radiology*
Terminology as Topic*