The Radpeer system is central to the quality assurance process in many radiology practices. Previous studies have shown poor agreement between physicians in the evaluation of their peers. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of the Radpeer scoring system.A sample of 25 ...
Discrepancies between the provisional report by the trainee and the findings by the musculoskeletal consultants were graded according to the RADPEER scoring system. Sensitivity and specificity of the trainees were assessed. Results Of 254 CCT provisional reports, there were 12 (4.7%) discrepancies, of...
Since the inception of RADPEER, there have been continuing discussions regarding a number of issues, including the scoring system, the subspecialty-specific subcategorization of data collected for each imaging modality, and the validation of interfacility scoring consistency. This white paper reviews the...
Although the program has been available since 2002 and the scoring system was revised in 2009, the ACR allows considerable flexibility in its implementation. Although that flexibility supports the local needs of radiology groups using the program, it also may lead to suboptimal implementation of the...