Filmless radiology at the Baltimore VA Medical Center: A 9 year retrospective

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 101-109

  Siegel, Eliot Lawrence ^a,b   Reiner, Bruce I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical experience; PACS based ePR; Picture archival and communication system; VAMC information systems

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FILM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037334262     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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