High-Priority Scheduling Guideline Cuts Diagnostic Breast Imaging Wait Times

Diagnostic breast imaging completion within 3 weeks rose from 57.4% to 65.3% (p<0.001) and median wait fell from 18 to 14 days after implementing a high-priority scheduling guideline; high-priority symptomatic exam completion improved from 49.5% to 61.1%.

• The study included 70,823 diagnostic breast imaging examinations across pre- and postimplementation periods.
• Before the guideline, symptomatic exams had lower 3-week completion than asymptomatic ones (49.5% vs 61.3%).
• After implementation, high-priority exams achieved 61.1% completion compared with 49.5% in the preimplementation symptomatic group.

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