Do clinicians read our reports? Integrating the radiology information system with the electronic patient record: Experiences from the first 2 years

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-36

  Hurlen, Petter ^a   Øtbye, Truls ^b,c   Borthne, Arne ^a   Dahl, Fredrik A ^a   Gulbrandsen, Pål ^a,d  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electronic patient record; Health services research; Radiology informatics; Radiology information system; Radiology reporting

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINAL REPORT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRELIMINARY REPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 59249084823     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1098-3     Document Type: Article

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