Preliminary radiology resident interpretations versus final attending radiologist interpretations and the impact on patient care in a community hospital

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 523-526

  Ruchman, Richard B ^a   Jaeger, Joseph ^a   Wiggins III, Ernest F ^a   Seinfeld, Syndi ^a   Thakral, Vikas ^a   Bolla, Sudha ^a   Wallach, Sara ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic radiology; Diagnostic imaging; Emergency radiology; Misdiagnosis; On call radiologist; Resident education

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW JERSEY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548272030     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2307     Document Type: Article

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