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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedFenton JJ, Jerant A, Franks P
Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.
This paper describes the protocol that will be used for an upcoming randomized control trial to determine the effectiveness of teaching clinicians how to advise watchful waiting when patients request low-value spinal imaging for acute low back pain. The authors will recruit 8-10 primary care and urgent care clinics in Sacramento, California. The study will last 3-6 months and during this time clinicians in the intervention group with receive 3 visits with standardized patient instructors (SPIs) portraying patients with acute back pain. The SPIs will instruct clinicians in a 3-step model emphasizing trust, empathic communication, and negotiation of a watchful waiting approach. The primary outcome looked for will a decreased post-intervention rate of spinal imaging among actual patients with acute back pain compared to the rate of imaging during the baseline period. Secondary outcomes will include use of targeted communication techniques during a follow-up visit with an SP.
AHRQ-funded; HS026415.
Citation: Fenton JJ, Jerant A, Franks P .
Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.
Trials 2021 Feb 27;22(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Pain, Chronic Conditions, Imaging, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication
Hong MK, Feustel C, Agnihotri M
Supporting families in reviewing and communicating about radiology imaging studies.
Diagnostic radiology reports are increasingly being made available to patients and their family members. However, these reports are not typically comprehensible to lay recipients, impeding effective communication about report findings. In this paper, the investigators present three studies informing the design of a prototype to foster patient-clinician communication about radiology report content.
AHRQ-funded; HS021393.
Citation: Hong MK, Feustel C, Agnihotri M .
Supporting families in reviewing and communicating about radiology imaging studies.
Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst 2017 May 2;2017:5245-56. doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025754..
Keywords: Communication, Family Health and History, Imaging, Clinician-Patient Communication
Al-Mutairi A, Meyer AN, Chang P
Lack of timely follow-up of abnormal imaging results and radiologists' recommendations.
This study tested the association between information contained in radiologists’ reports and follow-up outcomes. It found that abnormal imaging results with recommendations for further imaging are more vulnerable to lack of timely follow-up. Expression of “doubt” in the radiology reports did not affect follow-up actions.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087.
Citation: Al-Mutairi A, Meyer AN, Chang P .
Lack of timely follow-up of abnormal imaging results and radiologists' recommendations.
J Am Coll Radiol 2015 Apr;12(4):385-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.09.031..
Keywords: Communication, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Imaging, Clinician-Patient Communication