Full Radiology Report through Patient Web Portal: A Literature Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 May 22;17(10)
Date
05/28/2020Pubmed ID
32456099Pubmed Central ID
PMC7277373DOI
10.3390/ijerph17103673Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85085256852 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 17 CitationsAbstract
The aim of this study discusses the gap between the patient web portal and providing a full radiology report. A literature review was conducted to examine radiologists, physicians, and patients' opinions and preferences of providing patients with online access radiology reports. The databases searched were Pubmed and Google Scholar and the initial search included 927 studies. After review, 47 studies were included in the study. We identified several themes, including patients' understanding of radiology reports and radiological images, as well as the need for decreasing the turnaround time for reports availability. The existing radiology reports written for physicians are not suited for patients. Further studies are needed to guide and inform the design of patient friendly radiology reports. One of the ways that can be used to fill the gap between patients and radiology reports is using social media sites.
Author List
Alarifi M, Patrick T, Jabour A, Wu M, Luo JAuthor
Jake Luo Ph.D. Associate Professor; Director, Center for Biomedical Data and Language Processing (BioDLP) in the Health Informatics & Administration department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Access to InformationHumans
Patient Portals
Radiography
Radiology
