Enhancing same-day access to magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Zhang, Li ^a   Hefke, Antje ^a   Figiel, Jens ^a   Schwarz, Ulrike ^a   Rominger, Marga ^a   Klose, Klaus Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cost; Lean Six Sigma; MRI; quality; Same day access

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928096396     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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