Important imaging finding e-mail alert system: Experience after 3 years of implementation

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 747-753

  Abujudeh, Hani H ^a   Kaewlai, Rathachai ^a   Choy, Garry ^a   Whelton, Dianne G ^a   Rosenthal, Daniel I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; E-MAIL; HUMAN; IMPORTANT FINDING ALERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349283149     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2531082217     Document Type: Article

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