- [[references]] - Title: Multidisciplinary team meetings and their impact on workflow in radiology and pathology departments - Meta: - Authored by:: [[Bridget Kane]] - Year: [[2007]] - Zotero link:: [Zotero Link](zotero://select/items/7_P786EFWT) - #quotes - The number of meetings to which pathology and radiology contribute at a large university teaching hospital, ranges from two to eight per day, excluding grand rounds, and amounts to approximately 50 meetings per month for each department. For one month, over 300 h were spent by pathologists and radiologists on 81 meetings, where almost 1000 patients were discussed. For each meeting hour, there were, on average, 2.4 pathology hours and 2 radiology hours spent in preparation. Two to three meetings per week are conducted over a teleconferencing link. Average meeting time is 1 h. Preparation time per meeting ranges from 0.3 to 6 h for pathology, and 0.5 to 4 for radiology. The review process in preparation for meetings improves internal quality standards. Materials produced externally (for example imaging) can amount to almost 50% of the material to be reviewed on a single patient. The number of meetings per month has increased by 50% over the past two years. Further increase is expected in both the numbers and duration of meetings when scheduling issues are resolved. A changing trend in the management of referred patients with the development of MDTMs and the introduction of teleconferencing was noted. - [[📝 lit-notes]] - Basically says that these [interdisciplinary]([[interdisciplinarity]] ###### Discourse Context - **Informs::** [[CLM - Interdisciplinary teamwork is hard]]