Direct Reporting of Results to Patients. The Future of Radiology?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 646-650

  Kuhlman, Melanie ^a   Meyer, Monique ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient preferences; Radiology reports

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FORECASTING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860616878     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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