Knowledge translation and barriers to imaging optimization in the emergency department: A research agenda

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1455-1464

  Probst, Marc A ^a   Dayan, Peter S ^j   Raja, Ali S ^b   Slovis, Benjamin H ^a   Yadav, Kabir ^c   Lam, Samuel H ^d   Shapiro, Jason S ^a   Farris, Coreen ^k,l   Babcock, Charlene I ^e   Griffey, Richard T ^f   Robey, Thomas E ^g   Fortin, Emily M ^l   Johnson, Jamlik O ^m   Chong, Suzanne T ⁿ   Davenport, Moira ^h   Grigat, Daniel W ^o   Lang, Eddy L ⁱ  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^k RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^l Children's Hospital of Michigan   (United States)

^m EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^o ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84956668592     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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