Turf wars in radiology: The quality of interpretations of imaging studies by nonradiologist physicians - A patient safety issue?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 506-509

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Departmental management; Diagnostic radiology; Medical economics; Self referral; Socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 84928096291     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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