Title
Implementing AI-Assisted, Patient-Friendly Imaging Report Summaries to Enhance Oncology Care Delivery

Description
The implementation of the AI-assisted radiology summary tool into clinical workflows is being conducted as part of a standard-of-care quality improvement (QI) initiative at UW Health. The evaluation of this tool’s impact via structured feedback from patients and providers is being undertaken as a prospective research study.

Objective
Primary:
-To evaluate patient comprehension of, and anxiety about, imaging results and communication experience regarding the results before and after implementation of AI-assisted, patient-friendly imaging report summaries that accompany the imaging results.

Treatment Patient groups: Mixed-method approach to evaluate patient understanding of, and anxiety about, imaging results and communication experience regarding the results before and after implementation of AI-assisted, patient-friendly imaging report summaries that accompany the imaging results.

Provider group: Quasi-experimental staircase approach to sequentially roll out the tool to three provider cohorts. All hematology/oncology and gynecology oncology attending providers will be randomized by disease group into three relatively similar-sized cohorts based on group-level scan volumes, regardless of individual provider characteristics or communication style. Subsequent cohorts will be added every two months.

Surveys will be the main method of feedback collection at baseline and after implementation of the AI-assisted, patient friendly imaging report summaries. Interviews will be conducted in a small subset of subjects.

Key Eligibility Inclusion Criteria
Patient Participants:
Patients will be eligible to participate in this study if they meet all of the following criteria:

Age 18 years or older

Having a current or prior cancer diagnosis (any cancer type)

Has active access to the UW Health MyChart patient portal.

Receiving care at UW Health within the Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care or Department of Gynecologic Oncology.

Undergoing imaging studies (such as CT, MRI, or PET scans) as part of routine cancer care.

Willing and able to complete electronic REDCap surveys.

For interview participation: willing to participate in a 30-45-minute phone or video interview.

Faculty physician (MD or DO) practicing in the Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care or Department of Gynecologic Oncology at UW Health.

Involved in reviewing, discussing, or sharing imaging results with patients.

Planned to gain access to the AI-assisted, patient-friendly imaging summary tool as part of clinical implementation.

Willing and able to complete electronic surveys or participate in a brief interview (~30 minutes).

Applicable Disease Sites
Anal; Any Site; Bladder; Brain/Central Nervous System; Breast; Cervix; Colon and Rectum; Endocrine cancers; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal cancers, other; Genitourinary cancers, other; Head and Neck; Hematologic cancers, other; Ill-Defined Sites; Kidney; Leukemia; Liver; Lung; Lymphoma; Melanoma/Skin cancer; Multiple Myeloma; Ovary; Pancreas; Prostate; Sarcoma; Stomach; Thyroid; Unknown Sites; Uterus

Participating Institutions
UW Health Eastpark Medical Center; UW Health University Hospital