OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software

The Problem: Increasing Demand, Understaffing, Communicating Results Clearly and Efficiently, Unnecessary Staff Stress

Increasing Demand for OB/GYN Ultrasound Studies in the United States: The Statistics

Radiology departments in the U.S. are chronically understaffed and overworked. Radiologists and technicians are increasingly in short supply. According to the American College of Radiology, less than 1200 radiology programs are available for training new radiologists each year. Not surprisingly, many radiology departments have difficulty meeting the demand for more studies of all types, including obstetrical sonography.

• The National Center for Health Statistics has reported that 3,664,292 births were registered in the United States in 2021.
• A paper published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information stated that in the United States, the estimated average number of ultrasounds per pregnancy increased from 1.5 in 1995-1997 to 2.7 in 2005-2006.
• For low-risk pregnancies, which are 92%-94% of all pregnancies, the estimated number of ultrasounds in that same period rose from 1.3 to 2.1. For high-risk pregnancies, the number increased from 2.2 to 4.2.
• Several sizeable integrated health plans (UHC, BC/BS Massachusetts) currently authorize up to three sonograms for low-risk pregnancies. The number of ultrasounds authorized for high-risk pregnancies is typically four or higher and authorized as clinically indicated.
• Contemporary community clinical practices appear to average three or four sonograms for low-risk pregnancies and four or higher for high-risk pregnancies. At the current level of live births, this may mean that almost 12 million OB/GYN studies would have been ordered in 2021. Medical-legal considerations are a concern: 79% of OB/GYN specialists report being sued at least once, only slightly less often than General and Plastic surgeons (83%), according to a Michigan firm specializing in malpractice cases.

Communicating Results Clearly and Efficiently with OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software

The referral physician and his patient require a clear and easily understood report for the patient’s clinical management and informed consent. This is a formidable challenge for any reporting system, especially non-multi-media speech recognition systems and conventional ‘click-based’ reporting systems. The challenge is met with OB/GYN ultrasound reporting software.

• Normal low-risk pregnancies require complex reports to document that a pregnancy is ‘normal.’ Greater than 90% of pregnancies are low-risk, and each requires accurate, systematic, meticulous examination and measurement of fetal growth beginning with the 2-millimeter-sized embryo. Complex statistical formulas are used to calculate gestational age and fetal weight and assess fetal growth.
• The keyboard and mouse are arcane legacy manual input devices that are major distractions to image interpretation by the radiologist. They create significant bottlenecks to rapid report generation in every speech recognition and structured reporting system on the market.
• Multi-media graphics are powerful visual tools to efficiently convey complex obstetrical information more quickly, clearly, and accurately than conventional text-based or Word-like, outline-based speech recognition structured reporting systems.

The Solution: CLICKVIEW 9i Voice-Activated OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software

The trend of more ultrasound exams for more pregnancies is not expected to decrease in the foreseeable future, and short-term solutions are few.

One structural solution that is correctable almost immediately is to identify and automate the workflow inefficiencies inherent to radiology report generation. This pivotal element eases the overwhelming workload universally experienced for OB/GYN radiology services for independent offices and enterprise-level healthcare systems.

The CLICKVIEW 9i Voice-Activated OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software Interface: No Distractions for True Workflow

The new CLICKVIEW 9i Tile Display interface format places all anatomical findings in a single display screen, eliminating vertical scrolling during the final review of the report worksheet before signing. The CLICKVIEW 9i Tile Display screen offers features unlike any other OB/GYN radiology structured reporting software, including:

• A dynamic and interactive multi-media interface
• Instantaneous, voice-activated access to prior reports
• Immediate display of discordant growth details in multiple gestations and detailed analysis of interval growth between current and prior obstetrical ultrasounds
• Real-time customizable report findings sections to accommodate targeted MFM examinations
• Hands-free, distraction-free, voice-activated navigation and data fill, allowing for 100% of the radiologist’s focus on image interpretation at all times

CLICKVIEW 9i Voice Activated OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting software for radiology eliminates time-consuming scrolling, clicks, tabbing, and keystrokes; instead, it delivers highly efficient, automated, intuitive, natural voice-language multi-media graphical OB/GYN reports. The result is a dramatic increase in efficiency, accuracy, clarity, and ease of understanding for the referring physician and patient.

CLICKVIEW 9i multi-media structured reports translate directly to higher productivity levels across the department, greater value for the facility, and improved patient care.

How CLICKVIEW 9i Surpasses Conventional Speech Recognition Technology

Unlike CLICKVIEW 9i OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software, conventional speech recognition and conventional structured reporting systems use hardware (mouse and keyboard) and tab and scrolling functions to navigate around, select, and fill data entry fields. While most radiologists would anecdotally describe this as annoying and distracting, quantifiable data confirms it is time-consuming and costly.

CLICKVIEW 9i’S voice-activated Smart Engine corrects these workflow inefficiencies to allow automatic navigation of the exam worksheet and report screens, resulting in fast, efficient comment and data entry.

What Makes It All Possible? CLICKVIEW 9i Smart Engine Technology for Total Screen Navigation, Comment and Data Entry, and Macros Control

Macros are a radiologist’s best friend. CLICKVIEW 9i OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software embeds custom macro libraries grouped according to exam context and user needs: Private Macro Libraries, Group Libraries, and Global Practice-Wide Libraries.

The CLICKVIEW 9i Voice Activated Smart Engine quickly and automatically places the focus of narrated text, data, or macro insertion into the correct anatomical section of the report. Automatic linking of Findings, Impressions, and Recommendations assures accuracy and expedites reporting.

CLICKVIEW’s 9i OB/GYN Ultrasound Structured Reporting Software offers data management for report preparation and research. CLICKVIEW’s uniform report format, including lexicon, comments, and macros, minimizes the chance of conflicting findings such as gestational age, EDD, and fetal weight, translating into fewer phone calls from referring physicians seeking explanations.

The True Costs of Inefficiency: Unhealthy Stress

Inefficient workflow is incredibly costly in high-volume radiology, ultrasound, and OB/GYN departmental practices, where 50-60 or more exams are reported daily. Increased radiology structured reporting efficiency increases productivity, reduces costs, and relieves the unhealthy stress on sonographers and radiologists, an onerous reporting workflow burden.

Truly hands-free is possible with OB/GYN ultrasound reporting software; CLICKVIEW 9i offers significantly faster, easier, and more accurate reports than any other system to come before it.

CLICKVIEW 9i Data Delivery: Immediate Results When It Matters Most

CLICKVIEW 9i OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software displays a comprehensive range of detailed data, including instant fetal growth calculations and trajectory at each stage of a low-risk pregnancy after fetal biometry is downloaded from the ultrasound device.

Normal growth or possible variation is immediately apparent with CLICKVIEW 9i Ultrasound Structured Reporting Software, making further review of data non-crucial; what is also immediately apparent is abnormal or suspicious fetal growth trajectory.

Administrative Benefits of CLICKVIEW 9i OB/GYN Ultrasound Reporting Software

Critical improvements in CLICKEVIEW 9i OB/GYN ultrasound reporting software for professional and administrative research are numerous and include:

• Standardization of the report format, data elements, comments, and macros
• A common lexicon for all reports issued by a department or an entire enterprise
• Innovative multimedia graphical elements that clarify the report’s tables, growth charts, video clips, and images