Creating an outpatient center of excellence in CT

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1137-1143

  Itri, Jason N ^a   Bakow, Eric ^b   Woods, Jordan ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

outpatient imaging; patient satisfaction; practice quality improvement; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928099437     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.032     Document Type: Article

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