Analysis of appropriateness of outpatient CT and MRI referred from primary care clinics at an academic medical center: how critical is the need for improved decision support?

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Published in J Am Coll Radiol on March 01, 2010

Authors

Bruce E Lehnert1, Robert L Bree

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104-2499, USA.

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