Table 2.
Summary of rotations worked from home before, during and projected after the pandemic
| Before pandemic | During the pandemic | Projected after the pandemic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent of assignments at home | Frequency and percent by department* | Frequency and percent by department | Frequency and percent by radiologist | Frequency and percent by department | Frequency and percent by radiologist |
| None | 50.0% (24/48) | 4.2% (2/48) | 4.6% (9/194) | 8.3% (4/48) | 5.6% (11/195) |
| 1-20% | 43.8% (21/48) | 22.9% (11/48) | 27.3% (53/194) | 41.7% (20/48) | 32.8% (64/195) |
| 21-40% | 6.3% (3/48) | 25.0% (12/48) | 23.2% (45/194) | 35.4% (17/48) | 27.7% (54/195) |
| 41-60% | 0% | 16.7% (8/48) | 15.5% (30/194) | 12.5% (6/48) | 18.0% (35/195) |
| 61-80% | 0% | 25.0% (12/48) | 13.4% (26/194) | 2.1% (1/48) | 6.2% (12/195) |
| 81-99% | 0% | 6.3% (3/48) | 6.7% (13/194) | 0% | 4.1% (8/195) |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | 9.3% (18/194) | 0% | 5.6% (11/195) |
Results are provided for both Society of Chiefs of Radiology at Children’s Hospitals (SCORCH) (department) respondents and individual radiologists who have the ability to work from home using PACS* in the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) survey. General trends show an increase in the amount of at-home clinical work rotations during the pandemic relative to before from both pediatric radiology department chairs and individual radiologists, a trend that is expected to continue after the pandemic is better controlled. However, departmental chairs generally favored fewer rotations from home once the pandemic is better controlled relative to individual radiologists
*Before pandemic was queried of departments only, not of individual radiologists in the SPR survey