Quality assurance in radiographic reporting

The delegation of clinical reporting activities to appropriately trained radiographers has been shown to be a safe, effective and efficient method to increase reporting capacity^1-5. It is incumbent upon all reporting radiographers to engage with governance of the reporting service to assure patient safety^6-8. To maintain competence in clinical reporting, radiographers must undertake an appropriate volume and frequency of reports covering the full range of examinations within their scope of practice^{6, 8}. There is a positive association between the annual volume of cases reported and accuracy^{8, 9}.

Furthermore, peer review of a small percentage of the reporting caseload is recommended to reporting radiographers as a method of assessing their own individual performance, to guide continued professional development and to substantiate the safety of the service as a whole^6-8. Reporting radiographers can use evidence...