The challenges, opportunities, and imperative of structured reporting in medical imaging

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 562-568

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Pay for performance; Quality; Reporting

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

COMMODITIZATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FREE TEXTS; NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; RADIOLOGY REPORTS; REPORTING; STRUCTURED REPORTING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 72349094707     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9239-z     Document Type: Review

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