Radiology report turnaround: Expectations and solutions

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1326-1328

  Boland, G W L ^a   Guimaraes, A S ^a   Mueller, P R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

PACS; Report turnaround; RIS; Voice recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TURNAROUND TIME;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 45849134819     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0905-1     Document Type: Article

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