Preliminary Radiology Resident Interpretations Versus Final Attending Radiologist Interpretations and the Impact on Patient Care in a Community Hospital

B. Ruchman, Richard; Jaeger, Joseph; F. Wiggins, Ernest; Seinfeld, Syndi; Thakral, Vikas; Bolla, Sudha; Wallach, Sara

doi:10.2214/ajr.07.2307

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Preliminary Radiology Resident Interpretations Versus Final Attending Radiologist Interpretations and the Impact on Patient Care in a Community Hospital

Published in American Journal of Roentgenology • Aug 22, 2007

Authors:

Richard B. Ruchman

Joseph Jaeger

Ernest F. Wiggins

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: At academic institutions, overnight emergency radiology examinations are interpreted by the on-call radiology resident and are reviewed by an attending radiologist in the morning. The objective of our study was to determine the rate of discrepancies between the two interpretations and the...

Subject

Medicine

Radiology

Radiological weapon

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