Controversies Surrounding the BMD Reporting Standard for the Determination of 10-Year Absolute Fracture Risk: A Canadian Perspective.

The Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada currently endorse a fracture risk prediction tool called CAROC. It has been used in Canada since 2005 with an update in 2010. It is an integral part of bone mineral densitometry reporting across the country.

Performance results for a workstation-integrated radiology peer review quality assurance program.

Objective: To assess review completion rates, RADPEER score distribution, and sources of disagreement when using a workstation-integrated radiology peer review program, and to evaluate radiologist perceptions of the program.

Design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data.

Setting: Large private outpatient radiology practice.

A workstation-integrated peer review quality assurance program: pilot study.

Background: The surrogate indicator of radiological excellence that has become accepted is consistency of assessments between radiologists, and the technique that has become the standard for evaluating concordance is peer review. This study describes the results of a workstation-integrated peer review program in a busy outpatient radiology practice.

Methods: Workstation-based peer review was performed using the software program Intelerad Peer Review.