期刊
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING
卷 30, 期 6, 页码 710-717出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-017-9972-7
关键词
Readability metrics; Radiology reports; Ultrasound reports; Writing styles; Factor analysis
资金
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the Ohio State University [UL1TR001070]
- MDSR Roessler Scholarship from the Ohio State University medical center
Highly complex medical documents, including ultrasound reports, are greatly mismatched with patient literacy levels. While improving radiology reports for readability is a longstanding concern, few articles objectively measure the effectiveness of physician training for readability improvement. We hypothesized that writing styles may be evaluated using an objective two-dimensional measure and writing training could improve the writing styles of radiologists. To test it, a simplified grade vs. length readability metric is developed based on results from factor analysis of ten readability metrics applied to more than 500,000 radiology reports. To test the short-term effectiveness of a writing workshop, we measured the writing style improvement before and after the training. Statistically significant writing style improvement occurred as a result of the training. Although the degree of improvement varied for different measures, it is evident that targeted training could provide potential benefits to improve readability due to our statistically significant results. The simplified grade vs. length metric enables future clinical decision support systems to quantitatively guide physicians to improve writing styles through writing workshops.
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