Computer-assisted Reporting and Decision Support Increases Compliance with Follow-up Imaging and Hormonal Screening of Adrenal Incidentalomas

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of using a computer-assisted reporting and decision support (CAR/DS) tool at the radiologist point-of-care on ordering provider compliance with recommendations for adrenal incidentaloma workup.

METHOD: Abdominal CT reports describing adrenal incidentalomas (2014 - 2016) were retrospectively extracted from the radiology database. Exclusion criteria were history of cancer, suspected functioning adrenal tumor, dominant nodule size < 1 cm or ≥ 4 cm, myelolipomas, cysts, and hematomas. Multivariable logistic regression models were employed to predict follow-up imaging (FUI) and hormonal screening orders as a function of patient age and sex, nodule size, and CAR/DS use. CAR/DS reports were compared to conventional reports regarding ordering provider compliance with, frequency, and completeness of, guideline-warranted recommendations for FUI and hormonal screening of adrenal incidentalomas using Chi-square test.

RESULT: Of 174 patients (mean age 62.4; 51.1% women) with adrenal incidentalomas, 62% (108/174) received CAR/DS-based recommendations versus 38% (66/174) unassisted recommendations. CAR/DS use was an independent predictor of provider compliance both with FUI (Odds Ratio [OR]=2.47, p = 0.02) and hormonal screening (OR=2.38, p = 0.04). CAR/DS reports recommended FUI (97.2%,105/108) and hormonal screening (87.0%,94/108) more often than conventional reports (respectively, 69.7% [46/66], 3.0% [2/66], both p <0.0001). CAR/DS recommendations more frequently included instructions for FUI time, protocol, and modality than conventional reports (all p <0.001).

CONCLUSION: Ordering providers were at least twice as likely to comply with report recommendations for FUI and hormonal evaluation of adrenal incidentalomas generated using CAR/DS versus unassisted reporting. CAR/DS-directed recommendations were more adherent to guidelines than those generated without.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Academic radiology - 29(2022), 2 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 236-244

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Almeida, Renata R [VerfasserIn]
Bizzo, Bernardo C [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Ramandeep [VerfasserIn]
Andriole, Katherine P [VerfasserIn]
Alkasab, Tarik K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Incidentaloma
Adrenal Nodule
Computed Tomography (CT)
Computer-assisted reporting
Decision Support Abbreviations Computer-assisted reporting and decision support (CAR/DS)
Follow-up Imaging (FUI)
Hounsfield Units (HU)
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI)
Odds Ratio (OR)

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Date Completed 25.01.2022

Date Revised 25.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.acra.2021.01.019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321433483