ACR white paper on teleradiology practice: A report from the task force on teleradiology practice

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 575-585

  Silva III, Ezequiel ^a,b   Breslau, Jonathan ^c   Barr, Robert M ^d   Liebscher, Lawrence A ^e   Bohl, Michael ^f   Hoffman, Thomas ^g   Boland, Giles W L ^h   Sherry, Cynthia ⁱ   Kim, Woojin ^j   Shah, Samir S ^k   Tilkin, Mike ^g  

^a South Texas Radiology Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^d Mecklenburg Radiology Associates   (United States)

^e Cedar Valley Medical Specialists   (United States)

^f Radiology Group PC SC   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Virtual Radiologic   (United States)

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Author keywords

business standards of practice; disintermediation; end user standards; patient primacy; Quality of care; regulatory issues; technology; teleradiologist; teleradiology; teleradiology company

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; TELERADIOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84928096363     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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