Structured feedback from referring physicians: a novel approach to quality improvement in radiology reporting.

Objective: There is considerable interest in improving radiology reporting practices through peer review, and the inclusion of structured feedback from referring physicians may improve this process. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the feasibility of this type of novel peer-review system.

Materials And Methods: Five referring physicians from our institution participated as reviewers.

The ethics of reality medical television.

Reality medical television, an increasingly popular genre, depicts private medical moments between patients and healthcare providers. Journalists aim to educate and inform the public, while the participants in their documentaries-providers and patients-seek to heal and be healed. When journalists and healthcare providers work together at the bedside, moral problems precipitate.