Goodbye, Mr. Cox: Time for automated closure of the radiology communication loop

Applied Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Siegel, Eliot ^a,b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; E-MAIL; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FAX; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETIREMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 21044453179     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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