Objective: To introduce a novel next level of care (NLC) protocol used in our breast imaging practice to bypass additional imaging and image-guided biopsy orders and to examine the impact of NLC on breast biopsy wait times compared with thyroid biopsy wait times, which do not use NLC.
Methods: Our institutional review board deemed this retrospective analysis to be exempt. NLC was implemented for breast imaging in late 2014. Two 6-month periods before and after the COVID-19 shutdown were sampled and compiled. Data were queried from departmental database and electronic health record for all breast and thyroid biopsies during this time. Time to biopsy (TTB) was defined as the number of days from the diagnostic imaging evaluation recommending the biopsy to the completion of the biopsy. To determine the effect of NLC, TTB was compared between breast and thyroid biopsies.
Results: Of the 1,114 breast biopsies and 154 thyroid biopsies included, the mean TTB was 9 days (95% confidence interval 8.4-9.3) for breast and 23 days (95% confidence interval 20.5-25.0) for thyroid. There was a 61% reduction in the mean TTB for patients in the breast group compared with patients in the thyroid group. The effect of the NLC was comparable among different races and ethnicities in the breast group, but a significantly higher mean TTB (24% higher, P = .025) was observed for thyroid biopsies in Black patients compared with thyroid biopsies in Hispanic patients.
Conclusion: NLC protocol facilitates imaging evaluations and reduces the time interval to image-guided biopsies.
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