RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Correlation Of Emergency Department Radiographs: Results Of A Quality Assurance Review In An Urban Community Hospital Setting
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 255
OP 259
DO 10.3122/jabfm.6.3.255
VO 6
IS 3
A1 Warren, Jeffery S.
A1 Lara, Keith
A1 Connor, Pamela D.
A1 Cantrell, John
A1 Hahn, Ricardo G.
YR 1993
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/6/3/255.abstract
AB Background: The study objective was to compare the accuracy of radiograph interpretation by emergency and family physicians with radiologists’ overreadings. Methods: We undertook a historical chart review of patients seen consecutively during a 1-year period at an inner-city emergency department of a medium-volume community hospital. The participants were a racially mixed group of 22,141 patients for whom 12,083 radiographs had been ordered. We compared interpretations by emergency and family physicians with those of radiologists who performed overreadings within 24 hours. This intervention was performed retrospectively. Measurements consisted of descriptive statistics, such as percentages and chi-square analysis. Results: The main result was an overall discrepancy rate (ODR) of 1.1 percent. This figure is significantly different (P < 0.0001) from the lowest reported overall discrepancy rate to date (2.8 percent). Conclusions: Consistently low overall discrepancy rates have specific implications for the medical practice and reimbursement of primary care physicians for radiograph interpretation.