title: Improved Radiologists' Efficiency and Accuracy with the Application of Scripting Software for the Automated Reporting of Comparison Studies.
abstract: The American College of Radiology reporting guidelines state that "comparison with relevant examinations and reports should be part of the radiologic consultation and report when appropriate and available."
  
  
  
  We evaluated the use of open-source Windows scripting software for the automated retrieval of the date and time of prior studies.
  
  
  
  The date and time of the comparative study are transferred automatically to the present report in a structured voice recognition dictation system with a "regular expression substitution pattern" construct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128. Electronic address: Rok@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Russell O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Kosik
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128.
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128.
authors.forename: Young S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128.
authors.forename: Mahesh R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D000072177:Radiologists / Q000592:standards*; D011871:Radiology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software
keywords: Scripting software; comparison studies; date retrieval