Reducing inappropriate diagnostic practice through education and decision support

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Bairstow, Phillip James ^a   Persaud, Jennifer ^b   Mendelson, Richard ^a   Nguyen, Long ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Decision support; Diagnostic guidelines; Education; Medical imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY COLIC; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANKLE INJURIES; CLINICAL AUDIT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RENAL COLIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953503061     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq016     Document Type: Article

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