Discordance Rates Between Preliminary and Final Radiology Reports on Cross-sectional Imaging Studies at a Level 1 Trauma Center

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1217-1226

  Stevens, Kathryn J ^a   Griffiths, Karen L ^a   Rosenberg, Jarrett ^a   Mahadevan, Swaminatha ^a   Zatz, Leslie M ^a   Leung, Ann N C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cross sectional imaging; discordance; Emergency department; final radiology reports; preliminary radiology reports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 51249100657     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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