What is the effect of reporting all emergency department radiographs?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-43

  Benger, Jonathan R ^a   Lyburn, Iain D ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037258698     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.1.40     Document Type: Article

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