Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 198-204 , March 2010

Augmenting the Impact of Technology Adoption With Financial Incentive to Improve Radiology Report Signature Times

  • Katherine P. Andriole, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author and reprints: Katherine P. Andriole, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiology, Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, 20 Kent Street, Brookline, MA 02445
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  • Luciano M. Prevedello, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Allen Dufault, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Parham Pezeshk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Robert Bransfield

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Richard Hanson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Peter M. Doubilet, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Steven E. Seltzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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PII: S1546-1440(09)00590-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.11.011

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 198-204 , March 2010

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