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Innovation Opportunities in Critical Results Communication: Theoretical Concepts

Author: Bruce I. Reiner

Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | Issue 4/2013

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Failure in communication between health care personnel has been reported to account for over 60 % of root causes of sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations [1] and has prompted repeated calls from the Institute of Medicine for redesigning and error proofing health care delivery in order to improve communication and patient safety [2, 3]. In radiology, communication failures are particularly common [4‐6] and are a leading cause of medical malpractice [7‐9] as well as dissatisfaction among referring physicians [10]. With so much negativity surrounding conventional radiology reporting and communication practice, it is a wonder as to why innovation in practice and technology has been lacking for so long. …

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Title: Innovation Opportunities in Critical Results Communication: Theoretical Concepts
Author: Bruce I. Reiner
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 2948-2925
Electronic ISSN: 2948-2933
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-013-9609-4

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