In-Person Communication Between Radiologists and Acute Care Surgeons Leads to Significant Alterations in Surgical Decision Making

The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit

“…37 Close in-person collaboration between the reporting radiologist and the surgical team is associated with significant and also frequent changes in patient management, even when the radiological report is correct and contains the necessary diagnostic information. 38 There is another important potential side-effect of increased utilisation of outsourced reporting, namely reduced exposure of radiology trainees to on-call experience. When managed appropriately involvement in out-of-hours, emergency radiology is an invaluable part of radiology training.…”

Integrated Diagnostics: The Computational Revolution Catalyzing Cross-disciplinary Practices in Radiology, Pathology, and Genomics

“…We echo this point of view and add pathology to the list of disciplines from which radiologists should seek reciprocally consultative relationships in clinical routine. In a recent study by Dickerson et al (10), direct in-person communication between radiologists and surgeons led to changed patient treatment in 43% of cases, a finding the authors mainly attribute to arriving at shared mental models. We should see similar positive effects with tighter teamwork between radiologists and pathologists.…”

Collaboration of Internal Medicine Physicians with Patients and Other Health Care Providers in the Diagnostic Process

“…Similarly troubling, physicians were not directly communicating with radiologists and pathologists, especially junior physicians, potentially missing an opportunity for more nuanced descriptions of testing and results. 4,5 The most alarming finding was the lack of assessing patient understanding or communicating with patients about diagnostic errors. Patient engagement barriers already include access, language, and literacy.…”