Failure to notify reportable test results: Significance in medical malpractice

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 776-779

  Gale, Brian D ^a   Bissett Siegel, Dana P ^b   Davidson, Steven J ^c   Juran, David C ^d  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CRICO Strategies   (United States)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

CRICO RMF; electronic notification; malpractice; NPDB; Test result notification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928096375     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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