A fresh look at radiology reporting with MINT software

What type of radiology reports do patients want and with what information?

We investigate whether patients prefer to receive "multimedia" reporting with images and key data versus standard "text-based" radiology reports.

Background

Men with prostate cancer undergo MRI imaging to establish the extent of their disease and plan treatment.

Currently radiologists produce text-based reports to describe key findings and guide management.

There is increasing interest in multimedia reports. Using this type of reporting, key data and representative images are automatically embedded in the clinical reports by radiologists, facilitating communication of important findings, informing management decisions and aiding patients’ understanding of their diagnosis.

Based on existing data, multimedia reporting in oncology is already successfully used at RMH for clinical trial purposes, for example when assessing response to treatment.

However, little data exists to evaluate their use for routine primary tumour staging outside of the clinical trial setting and to evaluate patient preference prompting us to find out from you – our patients.

Our research

We aim to evaluate the feasibility, patient preference and clinical impact of using multimedia reporting with MINT software in clinical use for men with prostate cancer and compare these to standard text-based reports.

We hope that this Service evaluation will serve as a best practice project and inform future service development and wider implementation.

Would you like to be part of this research?

We are interested in your experience of using multimedia MINT software reporting compared to standard text-based reporting within the prostate cancer clinic. To register your interest and to see if you are eligible to take part please complete the brief form below