Incremental cost of department-wide implementation of a picture archiving and communication system and computed radiography

Radiology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Pratt, Hugh M ^a,b   Langlotz, Curtis P ^a,c   Feingold, Eric R ^a   Schwartz, J Sanford ^a   Kundel, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ACCESS Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c ACCESS Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Picture archiving and communication system (PACS); Radiography, computer assisted; Radiology and radiologists, socioeconomic issues; Radiology reporting systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFORMATION CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031907410     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.206.1.9423679     Document Type: Article

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