Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 8 , Pages 625-633 , August 2010

Advanced Search of the Electronic Medical Record: Augmenting Safety and Efficiency in Radiology

  • Michael Zalis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author and reprints: Michael Zalis, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, 25 New Chardon Street, Suite 400A, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Mitchell Harris, PhD

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  10. Choy G, Harris M, Alkasab T, Gazelle GS, Zalis M. Novel decision support tool for quality improvement in radiology: preventing contrastrelated adverse events such as contrast nephropathy and allergic reactions. In: Presented at: 2009 Annual Meeting of the Radiologic Society of North America. Chicago, Ill. 2009;

 This study was funded by the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Mass), and by a research grant (2005-2006) from Partners Healthcare Information Systems (Boston, Mass), Michael Zalis, MD, principal investigator.

PII: S1546-1440(10)00152-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.011

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 8 , Pages 625-633 , August 2010