Effect of team training on improving MRI study completion rates and no-show rates

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1040-1047

  Norbash, Alexander ^a   Yucel, Kent ^b   Yuh, William ^c,d   Doros, Gheorghe ^e   Ajam, Amna ^c   Lang, Elvira ^e   Pauker, Stephen ^f   Mayr, Nina ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e Hypnalgesics LLC   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; cancellations; claustrophobia; completion rate; MRI; no show rate; patient motion; team training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; OFFICE WORKER; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT WORRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; STAFF TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84988037203     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25219     Document Type: Article

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