title: Reporting and communications.
abstract: The future of radiology reporting will be molded by the ever changing health care environment and developments in computer methods. Less reliance on transcription is certain. The challenges of producing faster and more useful reports should be rewarding in a positive sense. The next few years should include many computer approaches to help the radiologist to generate reports directly and to communicate them effectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bauman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011873:Radiology Information Systems