Radiology Business July 18, 2024
A radiologist is questioning the benefit of sharing online ratings of rads without establishing clear “guidelines and guardrails.”
Julianna Czum, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, made her case in the American Journal of Roentgenology [1] on Wednesday. Her institution has implemented a systemwide program to publicly share survey data on patient-facing physicians who have received at least 30 survey responses in the past year.
However, diagnostic radiologists rarely interact with patients and, more commonly, communication occurs with technologists or reception staff. In rare instance, a diagnostic expert may speak with an individual after a contrast reaction, occurring during a day when they might interpret over 100 imaging exams. Czum, a DR herself, wondered whether the physicians who order the exams...
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