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RADIOLOGY-PRACTICE-MANAGEMENT5 MIN READ

Walk the SBAR Critical Result Escalation

Use SBAR to escalate a delayed critical result closure without losing the needed request.

Critical result The critical result dashboard shows one CTA chest finding still unacknowledged after 57 minutes. The ordering office line goes to voicemail and the office closes in 34 minutes. The risk is not that nobody cares. The risk is that each handoff contains context but no specific next action. SBAR Situation -> Background -> Assessment -> Request Use SBAR when the receiver needs enough context to act now, not a full history. Vague alert There is a critical result issue. The receiver can act without asking you to reconstruct the problem. Escalation is complete only when the request is…

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