Centralized reading center improves quality in a real-world setting

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 624-629

  Hudson, Sharon M ^a   Contreras, Richard ^a   Kanter, Michael H ^a   Munz, Stephen J ^a   Fong, Donald S ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZED READING CENTER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84937053501     PISSN: 23258160     EISSN: 23258179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20150610-05     Document Type: Article

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