A Clinical Workflow Simulator for Intelligent Chest X-ray Worklist Prioritization

Growing radiologic workload and shortage of medical experts worldwide often lead to delayed or even unreported examinations, which poses a risk for patient?s safety in case of unrecognized findings in chest radiographs (CXR). The aim of this work was to evaluate, whether deep learning algorithms for an intelligent worklist prioritization can optimize the radiology workflow by reducing the report turnaround times (RTAT) for critical findings, instead of reporting according to the First-In-First-Out-Principle (FIFO). Furthermore, we investigated the problem of false negative prediction in the context of worklist prioritization. We developed a simulation framework by analyzing the current workflow at a university hospital. The framework can be used to simulate clinical workdays. To assess the potential benefit of an intelligent worklist prioritization, three different workflow simulations were run and RTAT were compared: FIFO (non-prioritized), Prio1 and Prio2 (prioritized based on urgency, without/with MAXwait). For Prio2, the highest urgency will be assigned after a maximum waiting time. Examination triage was performed by ""ChestXCheck"", a convolutional neural network, classifying eight different pathological findings ranked in descending order of urgency: pneumothorax, pleural effusion, infiltrate, congestion, atelectasis, cardiomegaly, mass and foreign object. For statistical analysis of the RTAT changes, we used the Welch?s t-test. The average RTAT for all critical findings was significantly reduced by both Prio simulations compared to the FIFO simulation (e.g. pneumothorax: 32.1 min vs. 69.7 min; p
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A Clinical Workflow Simulator for Intelligent Chest X-ray Worklist Prioritization

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Growing radiologic workload and shortage of medical experts worldwide often lead to delayed or even unreported examinations, which poses a risk for patient?s safety in case of unrecognized findings in chest radiographs (CXR). The aim of this work was to evaluate, whether deep learning algorithms for an intelligent worklist prioritization can optimize the radiology workflow by reducing the report turnaround times (RTAT) for critical findings, instead of reporting according to the First-In-First-Out-Principle (FIFO). Furthermore, we investigated the problem of false negative prediction in the context of worklist prioritization. We developed a simulation framework by analyzing the current workflow at a university hospital. The framework can be used to simulate clinical workdays. To assess the potential benefit of an intelligent worklist prioritization, three different workflow simulations were run and RTAT were compared: FIFO (non-prioritized), Prio1 and Prio2 (prioritized based on urgency, without/with MAXwait). For Prio2, the highest urgency will be assigned after a maximum waiting time. Examination triage was performed by ""ChestXCheck"", a convolutional neural network, classifying eight different pathological findings ranked in descending order of urgency: pneumothorax, pleural effusion, infiltrate, congestion, atelectasis, cardiomegaly, mass and foreign object. For statistical analysis of the RTAT changes, we used the Welch?s t-test. The average RTAT for all critical findings was significantly reduced by both Prio simulations compared to the FIFO simulation (e.g. pneumothorax: 32.1 min vs. 69.7 min; p