Initial Effectiveness of a Monitoring System to Correctly Identify Inappropriate Lack of Follow-Up for Abdominal Imaging Findings of Possible Cancer

J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Dec;13(12 Pt A):1505-1508.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.06.016. Epub 2016 Aug 28.

Authors

Eilann C Santo¹, Peter J Dunbar¹, Caroline E Sloan², Tessa S Cook³, Darco Lalevic³, Hanna M Zafar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: hanna.zafar@uphs.upenn.edu.

PMID: 27577595
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.06.016

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Abdominal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Continuity of Patient Care / statistics & numerical data*
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
Diagnostic Errors / statistics & numerical data*
Diagnostic Imaging
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Medical Records Systems, Computerized / organization & administration*
Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data
Pennsylvania / epidemiology
Practice Management, Medical / organization & administration
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
United States