Special Focus-Outsourcing After Hours Radiology: A Third Point of View-Twenty-Four-Hour Attending Radiology Coverage: Physical, Financial, and Educational Issues

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 678-679

  Dunkle, Jeffrey ^a   Jackson, Valerie P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT;

EID: 34548858967     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.04.015     Document Type: Note

References (6)

1. Velmahos G.C., Fili C., Vassiliu P., Nicolaou N., Radin R., and Wilcox A. Around-the-clock attending radiology coverage is essential to avoid mistakes in the care of trauma patients. Am Surg 76 (2001) 1175-1177
2. Bradley W.G. Offshore teleradiology. J Am Coll Radiol 1 (2004) 244-248
3. DeCorato D.R., Kagetsu N.J., and Ablow R.C. Off-hours interpretation of radiologic images of patients admitted to the emergency department: efficacy of teleradiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol 165 (1995) 1293-1296
4. Lee J.K.T., Renner J.B., Saunders B.F., et al. Effect of real-time teleradiology on the practice of the emergency department physician in a rural setting: initial experience. Acad Radiol 5 (1998) 533-538
5. Wagner A.L. After-hours coverage: problems and solutions. J Am Coll Radiol 1 (2004) 351-355
6. Joffe S.A., Burak J.S., Rackson M., Klein D.A., and Joffe M.M. The effect of international teleradiology attending radiologist coverage on radiology residents' perceptions of night call. J Am Coll Radiol 3 (2006) 872-878