AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

摘要

A system is disclosed using a data-driven approach to objectively measure the diagnostic accuracy and value of diagnostic imaging reports using data captured routinely as part of the electronic health record. The system further utilizes the evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of individual radiologists (imagers), subspecialty sections, modalities, and entire departments based on a comparison against a “precision diagnosis” rendered by other clinical data sources such as pathology, surgery, laboratory tests, etc.

主权项

1. An automated system for quality control and peer review of diagnostic radiology, the system comprising:
(a) a computer processor; and (b) a memory storing instructions executable on the processor; (c) the instructions, when executed, performing any one or more of the steps comprising:
(i) detecting one or more diagnostic statements from natural language used in one or more of radiology reports and pathology reports;(ii) identifying a radiology diagnosis and a pathology diagnosis from the one or more diagnostic statements;(iii) matching a radiology diagnosis with a pathology diagnosis for a given patient; and(iv) characterizing the radiology diagnosis and pathology diagnosis.