Introduction
This article provides an overview of DIR CT report updates and new functionality that will be implemented in the last quarter of 2023 to make it easier for you to review your facility’s performance data and identify opportunities for dose optimization. The changes also reduce the redundancy of information across the DIR CT reports. The updates will occur in three phases as described below.
Phase 1: DIR CT Facility Comparison Report Enhancements Become Available
Timeline: Late September or Early October 2023.
User access: All NRDR user profiles with access to exam-level data.
Major changes: The Facility Comparisons Dashboard will feature new drill-downs to locate performance details quickly, a new Data Download Dashboard will be available, and the Exams and Trends Dashboard will be sunset.
Report access: Log in to the NRDR Portal and access under the Interactive Reports menu.
Phase 2: DIR CT Corporate Excel Report Is Updated
Timeline: Late October 2023.
User access: All NRDR user profiles.
Major changes: The updates consolidate the Facility Excel Report and the Corporate Excel Report and allow comparison of a single facility to a selected peer group and multiple facilities to one another and to the registry.
Report access: Log in to the NRDR Portal and access under the Aggregate Reports menu.
Phase 3: Administrative Aggregate Report Introduced and the Facility Excel Report Is Sunset
Timeline: December 2023.
User access: All NRDR user profiles.
Major changes: The update renames the Corporate Excel Report to Administrative Aggregate Report, the report becomes available in both the Aggregate Reports and the Interactive Reports menus and removes the link to the Facility Excel Report.
Report access: Log in to the NRDR Portal and access under the Aggregate Reports or Interactive Reports menus.