Recent measures to improve radiology reporting: Perspectives from primary care physicians

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-127

  Gunn, Andrew J ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Bennett, Susan E ^a   Choy, Garry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

primary care physicians; quality improvement; Radiology reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGIST; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928096406     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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