Fig 3.
The general schema for the query algorithm includes notification verbs and recipients within a defined proximity, other rules and certain exclusions. A) The verbs “reported,” “reviewed,” “called,” and “transmitted” had additional or different rules, which consisted of proximity matching and/or specific two- to five-word phrases. B) “Vocada” is a specific third party message delivery system (VeriphyTM, Nuance Communications , Burlington, MA) used by our institution to deliver some non-critical results. For example, “These results were communicated to the referring physician via Vocada at the conclusion of the study.” C) Certain phrases repeatedly occurred in radiology reports, which contained the notification verbs listed in Table 1 but were used in a context to indicate another meaning, as the example given above, which refers to a billing issue.