1992 Volume 42 Issue 6 Pages 623-634
The utilization and preservation of reports on diagnostic radiology and physiology examinations in Gunma University Hospital was evaluated using a questionnaire, in advance of an online reporting system linked to the PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) being introduced into the hospital information system.
The recovery rate was 83% (83/100). And the following results were obtained.
1. Reports made by specialists are necessary, irrespective of the grade and complexity of examinations.
2. Reports have to be written in correspondence with clinical problems.
3. For ease of film-report matching, some schemas should be added to sentence-form reports.
4. The format of reports, including the language, expression and extent of comments, may be modified in accordance with the speciality or career of the referring doctor.
