Is structured reporting the answer?

Just because something is new does not necessarily mean it is better, and in some cases, ways of thinking and working that have evolved gradually over many years—whether in radiologic reporting or the European common law tradition—reflect an accumulated wisdom that should not be dismissed blithely in the name of novelty.

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