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Full Radiology Report through Patient Web Portal: A Literature Review

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  • Mohammad Alarifi

    (College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
    College of Medical Applied Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, SA 11451, USA)

  • Timothy Patrick

    (College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA)

  • Abdulrahman Jabour

    (Health Informatics Department, Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Jazan University, Jazan, SA 45142, USA)

  • Min Wu

    (College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA)

  • Jake Luo

    (College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA)

Abstract

The aim of this study discusses the gap between the patient web portal and providing a full radiology report. A literature review was conducted to examine radiologists, physicians, and patients’ opinions and preferences of providing patients with online access radiology reports. The databases searched were Pubmed and Google Scholar and the initial search included 927 studies. After review, 47 studies were included in the study. We identified several themes, including patients’ understanding of radiology reports and radiological images, as well as the need for decreasing the turnaround time for reports availability. The existing radiology reports written for physicians are not suited for patients. Further studies are needed to guide and inform the design of patient friendly radiology reports. One of the ways that can be used to fill the gap between patients and radiology reports is using social media sites.

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  • Mohammad Alarifi & Timothy Patrick & Abdulrahman Jabour & Min Wu & Jake Luo, 2020. "Full Radiology Report through Patient Web Portal: A Literature Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-20, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:10:p:3673-:d:361925
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    1. Mary McNamara & Corey Arnold & Karthik Sarma & Denise Aberle & Edward Garon & Alex A. T. Bui, 2015. "Patient portal preferences: Perspectives on imaging information," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 66(8), pages 1606-1615, August.
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    1. Mohammad Alarifi & Abdulrahman M. Jabour & Min Wu & Abdullah Aldosary & Mansour Almanaa & Jake Luo, 2022. "Proposed Questions to Assess the Extent of Knowledge in Understanding the Radiology Report Language," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-14, September.

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