Practice policy and quality initiatives using lean principles to improve screening mammography workflow

Radiographics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1505-1517

  Shah, Carla J ^a   Sullivan, Julie R ^a   Gonyo, Mary Beth ^a   Wadhwa, Anubha ^a   DuBois, Melissa S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW;

ALGORITHMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WISCONSIN; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84884360952     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.335135017     Document Type: Article

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