Optimizing Radiology Peer Review: A Mathematical Model for Selecting Future Cases Based on Prior Errors

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 431-438

  Sheu, Yun Robert ^a   Feder, Elie ^c   Balsim, Igor ^c   Levin, Victor F ^b   Bleicher, Andrew G ^a   Branstetter IV, Barton F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Mathematics Kingsborough Community College ^*

^c KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost analysis; diagnostic errors; Peer review; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928096426     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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