In emergency departments, radiologists' access to EHRs may influence interpretations and medical management

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 800-806

  Franczak, Michael J ^a,b   Klein, Madeline ^b,c   Raslau, Flavius ^b,d   Bergholte, Jo ^b   Mark, Leighton P ^b   Ulmer, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Jesuit Volunteer Corps ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; TELERADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORKFLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELERADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WISCONSIN; WORKFLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899836901     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0171     Document Type: Article

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