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Attitudes toward the Integration of Radiographers into the First-Line Interpretation of Imaging Using the Red Dot System

The red dot system uses expertise in the identification of anomalies to assist radiologists in distinguishing radiological abnormalities and managing them before the radiologist report is sent. This is a small step on the road to greater role development for radiographers. This practice has existed...

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Autores principales: Oglat, Ammar A., Fohely, Firas, Masalmeh, Ali AL, Jbour, Ismail AL, Jaradat, Laith AL, Athamnah, Sema I.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9854521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36671643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10010071
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author Oglat, Ammar A.
Fohely, Firas
Masalmeh, Ali AL
Jbour, Ismail AL
Jaradat, Laith AL
Athamnah, Sema I.
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description The red dot system uses expertise in the identification of anomalies to assist radiologists in distinguishing radiological abnormalities and managing them before the radiologist report is sent. This is a small step on the road to greater role development for radiographers. This practice has existed for more than 20 years in the UK. Today, it is only the UK seeking to legislate radiographer reports. The aim of this paper is to put focus on this issue, determine whether radiographer reports are necessary, and explore whether there are any benefits that can be highlighted to encourage health authorities worldwide to allow radiographers to write clinical reports. Additionally, this study was conducted to evaluate the role of radiographers (non-radiologists) in medical image interpretation, using 95 samples that were collected randomly and a representative sample of radiographers and radiologists of both genders. The SPSS program was used for the statistical analysis of the samples and to scientifically explain the results. We found that radiologists have no objections to the participation of radiographers in diagnosis assistance, interpretation, and clinical reporting through the red dot system. Therefore, there was support for the future implementation of such a system in health care.
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spelling pubmed-98545212023-01-21 Attitudes toward the Integration of Radiographers into the First-Line Interpretation of Imaging Using the Red Dot System Oglat, Ammar A. Fohely, Firas Masalmeh, Ali AL Jbour, Ismail AL Jaradat, Laith AL Athamnah, Sema I. Bioengineering (Basel) Article The red dot system uses expertise in the identification of anomalies to assist radiologists in distinguishing radiological abnormalities and managing them before the radiologist report is sent. This is a small step on the road to greater role development for radiographers. This practice has existed for more than 20 years in the UK. Today, it is only the UK seeking to legislate radiographer reports. The aim of this paper is to put focus on this issue, determine whether radiographer reports are necessary, and explore whether there are any benefits that can be highlighted to encourage health authorities worldwide to allow radiographers to write clinical reports. Additionally, this study was conducted to evaluate the role of radiographers (non-radiologists) in medical image interpretation, using 95 samples that were collected randomly and a representative sample of radiographers and radiologists of both genders. The SPSS program was used for the statistical analysis of the samples and to scientifically explain the results. We found that radiologists have no objections to the participation of radiographers in diagnosis assistance, interpretation, and clinical reporting through the red dot system. Therefore, there was support for the future implementation of such a system in health care. MDPI 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9854521/ /pubmed/36671643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10010071 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Attitudes toward the Integration of Radiographers into the First-Line Interpretation of Imaging Using the Red Dot System
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9854521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36671643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10010071
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