title: Usage of structured reporting in radiological practice: results from an Italian online survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the opinion on structured reporting (SR) and its usage by radiologist members of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM) via an online survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  All members received an email invitation to join the survey as an initiative by the SIRM Imaging Informatics Chapter. The survey included 10 questions about demographic information, definition of radiological SR, its usage in everyday practice, perceived advantages and disadvantages over conventional reporting and overall opinion about SR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1159 SIRM members participated in the survey. 40.3 % of respondents gave a correct definition of radiological SR, but as many as 56 % of them never used it at work. Compared with conventional reporting, the most appreciated advantages of SR were higher reproducibility (70.5 %), better interaction with referring clinicians (58.3 %) and the option to link metadata (36.7 %). Risk of excessive simplification (59.8 %), template rigidity (56.1 %) and poor user compliance (42.1 %) were the most significant disadvantages. Overall, most respondents (87.0 %) were in favour of the adoption of radiological SR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most radiologists were interested in radiological SR and in favour of its adoption. However, concerns about semantic, technical and professional issues limited its diffusion in real working life, encouraging efforts towards improved SR standardisation and engineering.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  • Despite radiologists' awareness, radiological SR is little used in working practice. • Perceived SR advantages are reproducibility, better clinico-radiological interaction and link to metadata. • Perceived SR disadvantages are excessive simplification, template rigidity and poor user compliance. • Improved standardisation and engineering may be helpful to boost SR diffusion.
authors: UO Radiodiagnostica 1, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa, 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy. lfaggioni@sirm.org.
authors: Lorenzo
authors: L
authors: Faggioni
authors: Malpighi Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Preventive Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Via Albertoni, 15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
authors: Francesca
authors: F
authors: Coppola
authors: UOC Diagnostica per Immagini 1, Urgenza Emergenza, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo-Forlanini. C.ne Gianicolense, 87, 00152, Rome, Italy.
authors: Riccardo
authors: R
authors: Ferrari
authors: Sezione Dipartimentale Radiodiagnostica 3, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Dipartimento di Ricerca Traslazionale, Università di Pisa, Ospedale S. Chiara - Edificio 18, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
authors: Emanuele
authors: E
authors: Neri
authors: Candiolo Cancer Institute - FPO, IRCCS, Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Str. Prov. 142, km 3.95, I-10060, Candiolo (To), Italy.
authors: Daniele
authors: D
authors: Regge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007558:Italy; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods; D000072177:Radiologists / Q000523:psychology*; D011871:Radiology / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012660:Semantics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Conventional reporting; DICOM; RIS/PACS; Structured reporting; Template