Improving the quality of radiology reporting: A physician survey to define the target

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 497-505

  Johnson, Annette J ^a,e   Ying, Jun ^a   Swan, J Shannon ^b   Williams, Linda S ^c   Applegate, Kimberly E ^a   Littenberg, Benjamin ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician survey; Quality improvement; Radiology reporting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84928096561     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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