Optimizing patient-centered communication and multidisciplinary care coordination in emergency diagnostic imaging: A research agenda

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1427-1434

  Sabbatini, Amber K ^a   Merck, Lisa H ^b   Froemming, Adam T ^d   Vaughan, William ^e   Brown, Michael D ^c   Hess, Erik P ^d   Applegate, Kimberly E ^f   Comfere, Nneka I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Patient Representative   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84956673380     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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