Multidisciplinary team meetings and their impact on workflow in radiology and pathology departments

BMC Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kane, Bridget ^a,b   Luz, Saturnino ^a   Sean, D Sean ^b   McDermott, Ronan ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; TELECONFERENCE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IRELAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447643265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-5-15     Document Type: Article

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