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the esr and efsumb have issued a joint statement about the necessity of a formal report for all ultrasonographic examinations as well as proper archiving of both reports and images within hospital information technology ( it ) systems .
both societies agreed on the importance of availability of us images and reports in clinical practice and agreed on a formal recommendation to their members on this topic .
 availability of reports and images of all us examinations is important in clinical practice as a record of patient status at the time of the studies and as a point of references for future studies , with either us or other imaging modalities . 
both esr and efsumb consider it good clinical practice to provide accurate and retrievable recordings of all ultrasonographic examinations .
 both esr and efsumb recommend to their members to organise workflow in ultrasonography so that proper archiving of both images and reports of all studies can be regularly obtained .
ultrasonography is a diagnostic technique used in many clinical applications and by different specialists during their practice .
us images are not always routinely saved in the hospital pacs systems and , within the same hospital , the reports of the us examinations are often recorded in a variety of archives .
however , the availability of us images and reports is important in clinical practice as a record of both in- and out - patients status at the time of the examination and as a point of reference for future studies , with either us or other imaging modalities .
availability of us images , videos and reports substantially improves the quality of services provided to patients .
although it is recognised that : it may be difficult to find resources to link all us equipment to the it hospital system and to provide enough memory to store large amounts of data , especially if video clips have to be recorded;there may be problems in planning a uniform and complete storage of the examination reports since us can be used in a large variety of ways , from a stand - alone study to a simple and quick guide to a procedure or a physical exam;both esr and efsumb consider it good clinical practice to provide accurate and retrievable recordings of all us examinations
. it may be difficult to find resources to link all us equipment to the it hospital system and to provide enough memory to store large amounts of data , especially if video clips have to be recorded ; there may be problems in planning a uniform and complete storage of the examination reports since us can be used in a large variety of ways , from a stand - alone study to a simple and quick guide to a procedure or a physical exam ; both societies recommend to their members to organise workflow in us so that proper archiving of images , videos and reports of all studies can be regularly obtained .
backgroundthe esr and efsumb have issued a joint statement about the necessity of a formal report for all ultrasonographic examinations as well as proper archiving of both reports and images within hospital information technology ( it ) systems . 
 both societies agreed on the importance of availability of us images and reports in clinical practice and agreed on a formal recommendation to their members on this topic.main messages availability of reports and images of all us examinations is important in clinical practice as a record of patient status at the time of the studies and as a point of references for future studies , with either us or other imaging modalities. both esr and efsumb consider it good clinical practice to provide accurate and retrievable recordings of all ultrasonographic examinations. both esr and efsumb recommend to their members to organise workflow in ultrasonography so that proper archiving of both images and reports of all studies can be regularly obtained .