Radiology reporting in an academic children's hospital: what referring physicians think

Transcribed reports are the radiologist's most conspicuous and enduring pro duct, yet relatively little investigation of report quality has been undert aken by radiologists. This paper reports the results of a survey of 266 ref erring physicians in an academic children's hospital regarding their needs and assessments of the quality of radiology reporting. The results outline the range and relative importance of report features from referring physici ans' points of view, provide specific suggestions for how to improve report ing performance, and generally indicate that reporting should receive more attention in training and practice than it currently does.