From herding cats toward best practices: Standardizing the radiologic work process

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1593-1595

  Boland, Giles W L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Information systems; Quality outcomes; Radiologist; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 73449095266     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2885     Document Type: Note

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