Open AccessReducing diagnostic errors in emergency department with the help of radiographers
Author(s) -
Thakkalpalli Madhukar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical radiation sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 2051-3895
DOI - 10.1002/jmrs.351
Subject(s) - emergency department , computer science , medical physics , medical emergency , set (abstract data type) , medicine , nursing , programming language
A radiographer has the unique advantage of directly seeing the patient and presenting injury at the time of imaging. Extending this skill set to further evaluate the image acquired and document the findings may be helpful in reducing diagnostic errors in emergency department.