Quality Review: Fleischner criteria adherence by radiologists in a large community hospital

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 336-339

  Masciocchi, Mark ^a   Wagner, Brent ^a   Lloyd, Benjamin ^a  

^a READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; Fleischner criteria; pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST ADHERENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 84926231587     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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