Improving the Timeliness of Written Patient Notification of Mammography Results by Mammography Centers

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-19

  Boudreau, Robert M ^a   McNally, Colleen ^a   Rensing, Edna M ^a   Campbell, Miriam K ^b  

^a Virginia Health Quality Center   (United States)

^b Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Mammography centers; MQSA; Patient notification; Systems change

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORRESPONDENCE; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0742288168     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2004.09608.x     Document Type: Article

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