Emergency physicians' errors of interpretation of plain radiographs and these physicians'
utilization of radiologist consultation services were studied. During daytime hours over a 3 …

Study objective: To determine whether radiologists' review of radiographs is unwarranted
when emergency physicians are confident in their interpretations. Methods: This was a …

We conducted a prospective study to assess the relationship between the interpretive
agreement rate for emergency department radiographs and the degree of interpretive …

Emergency and radiology department directors at 517 acute-care US teaching hospitals
were sent identical questionnaires surveying practice patterns of ED plain film radiograph …

This study examined the concordance of radiographic readings between emergency
department (ED) attending physicians and radiologists in a community teaching hospital. In …

Background: The study objective was to compare the accuracy of radiograph interpretation
by emergency and family physicians with radiologists' overreadings. Methods: We undertook …

OBJECTIVES: A review of radiology discrepancies of emergency department (ED)
radiograph interpretations was undertaken to examine the types of error made by …

Retrospective and prospective chart review was conducted to study patient callbacks to the
emergency department (ED) based on plain radiograph interpretation discrepancies …

Methods Two hundred thirty-seven consecutive emer gency room visits, generating 294
radiographic ex aminations, were reviewed by the senior author to determine the level of …

Methods Using a pre-existing logbook of radiologic discrepancies as well as our institution's
picture archiving and communication system, all off-hours interpretation discrepancies …