Unified Database for Rejected Image Analysis Across Multiple Vendors in Radiography.
Reject rate analysis has been part of radiography departments' quality control since the days of screen-film radiography. In the era of digital radiography, one might expect that reject rate analysis is easily facilitated because of readily available information produced by the modality during the examination procedure. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. The lack of an industry standard and the wide variety of system log entries and formats have made it difficult to implement a robust multivendor reject analysis program, and logs do not always include all relevant information. The increased use of digital detectors exacerbates this problem because of higher reject rates associated with digital radiography compared with computed radiography. In this article, the authors report on the development of a unified database for vendor-neutral reject analysis across multiple sites within an academic institution and share their experience from a team-based approach to reduce reject rates.
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: little@uchicago.edu.
Kevin J
KJ
Little
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Ingrid
I
Reiser
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Lili
L
Liu
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Tiffany
T
Kinsey
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Adrian A
AA
Sánchez
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Kateland
K
Haas
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Florence
F
Mallory
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Carmen
C
Froman
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Zheng Feng
ZF
Lu
D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures
Reject rate; database; dose reduction; radiography; repeat rate