ACR White Paper: The Value Added That Radiologists Provide to the Health Care Enterprise

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1041-1053

  Patti, John A ^a   Berlin, Jonathan William ^b   Blumberg, Albert L ^c   Bryan, R Nick ^d   Gaschen, Fred ^e   Izzi, Brenda M ^f   Larson, Paul A ^g   Lewin, Jonathan Stewart ^h   Liebscher, Lawrence A ⁱ  

^a NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Radiology Associates of the Fox Valley   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Cedar Valley Medical Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

future imaging trends; health care enterprise; radiologists; Value added

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 52249124311     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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