Publications by authors named "Patrick J Curley"
Objective: Determine the rate of documented notification, via an alert, for intra-institutional discrepant radiologist opinions and addended reports and resulting clinical management changes.
Methods: This institutional review board-exempt, retrospective study was performed at a large academic medical center. We defined an intra-institutional discrepant opinion as when a consultant radiologist provides a different interpretation from that formally rendered by a colleague at our institution.
Introduction: Assimilate a general radiology division into a subspecialty-focused radiology department at an academic medical center.
Methods: This Institutional Review Board-approved quality improvement initiative was performed at an academic medical centers' subspecialty-focused academic radiology department, aiming to assimilate a general radiology division providing interpretive services for a distributed set of community ambulatory practices. An Oversight Committee charged by the department chair created a charter with unambiguous goal, timelines, clear decision-making, and conflict resolution processes.
Rationale And Objectives: Quantify changes in total and by-subspecialty radiology workload due to deferring nonurgent services during the initial COVID-19 pandemic, and describe operational strategies implemented due to shifts in priority.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective, Institutional Review Board-exempt, study was performed between February 3, 2020 and April 19, 2020 at a large academic medical center. During March 9-15 (intervention period), nonurgent outpatient service deferments began.