The effect of picture archiving and communications systems on the accuracy of diagnostic interpretation of pediatric emergency physicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-190

  Gouin, Serge ^a   Patel, Hema ^b   Bergeron, Sylvie ^a   Amre, Devendra ^a   Guérin, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31544474619     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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