Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2010

Improving quality of communications in emergency radiology with a computerized whiteboard system

  • H.H. Abujudeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: H. H. Abujudeh, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, FND-213, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 726 8366; fax: +1 617 726 3077.
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  • R. Kaewlai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • S.E. Kodsi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • M.A. Hamill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

,Revised 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00318-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.05.015

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2010

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