They studied a collection of documents from different medical centers with different degrees of structure: unstructured, semi-structured, and structured reports.
More specifically, issues related to monitoring and information reporting (including incentives, funding, the level of streamlined data and information systems, linkages between organizations, critical analyses designed to identify indicators, structured reports and the effectiveness of extension services), remain as challenges for policy makers and forest managers internationally.
It is likely that structured reports represent the future standard.
Overall, structured reports led to better recall of all (and critical) findings and fewer incorrect diagnoses.
People who work in cardiology, cardiological ultrasound and angio make structured reports".
In addition, a tool to generate structured reports on the evaluation of the performance of PET-AS algorithms against the reference contours was built.
As radiology reports are part of the health record, the current format of free-text radiology reports should be "organised" and shifted toward structured reports.
Communication of information (and diagnostic opinion) is key—how one arrives at that goal may vary (structured reports, bullet points, elegant language), but the destination remains the same.
Hospitals not using templates or structured reports might have a larger variety in their phrasing, thus making it even more difficult for referring physicians to understand the message.
Some radiologists may believe that their own crafted, nuanced narrative reports are better, clearer and easier to interpret than structured reports.
The working hypothesis was that consistently formatted (structured) reports would be easier to read and understand, with improved efficiency in answering content-specific questions.
