Picture archiving and communication system: Effect on reporting of incidental findings

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 500-505

  Wagner, Steven C ^a   Morrison, William B ^a   Carrino, John A ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Nothnagel, Henry ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Picture archiving and communication system (PACS); Radiology and radiologists, socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CENTER; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MONEY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0036828481     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2252011731     Document Type: Article

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