Radiological reports: A comparison between the transmission efficiency of information in free text and in structured reports

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Barbosa, Flavio ^a   Maciel, Lea Maria Zanini ^a   Vieira, Elizabeth Melmi ^a   Marques, Paulo M de Azevedo ^a   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Muglia, Valdair Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computerized reports; Free text; Thyroid sonography

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID NODULE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77649131968     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000100004     Document Type: Article

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