Medical-imaging stewardship in the accountable care era

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1691-1693

  Durand, Daniel J ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a   Berkowitz, Scott A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PURCHASING; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIOGRAPHY; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84946022417     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1507703     Document Type: Review

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