Impact of an electronic alert notification system embedded in radiologists' workflow on closed-loop communication of critical results: A time series analysis

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 518-524

  Lacson, Ronilda ^a,b   O'Connor, Stacy D ^a,b   Sahni, V Anik ^a,b   Roy, Christopher ^a,b   Dalal, Anuj ^a,b   Desai, Sonali ^a,b   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT HARM; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW; CRITICAL VALUE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY CRITICAL VALUES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIOLOGISTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84979255813     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004276     Document Type: Article

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