Radiology, Vol 121, 349-352, Copyright © 1976 by Radiological Society of North America
Clinical evaluation of the rapid telephone access system for radiology reporting
HD Weibtraub, J Worcester, A Resnic and GM Kolodny
The Rapid Telephone Access System (RTAS) for radiology reporting was
evaluated clinically among patients undergoing fluoroscopy, excretory
urography, or cholecystography at a community-based teaching hospital.
After the radiologist has dictated his report in the customary manner, it
can be heard by the referring physician using any telephone. Reports can be
reduced to hard copy by a typist, or an automatic typewriter can be
programmed to print normal or standard reports. Time between dictation and
access of the report was significantly reduced after installation of the
RTAS (p less than 0.001). There was also a trend toward reduced hospital
stay (p less than 0.05) for patients in the study group. The system has
been readily accepted by radiologists and referring physicians.
