Reducing delay in diagnosis: multistage recommendation tracking. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Reducing delay in diagnosis: multistage recommendation tracking. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published July 2017

Reducing delay in diagnosis: multistage recommendation tracking.

Wandtke B, Gallagher S. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017;209:970-975.

Radiology plays an important role in diagnosis, and inadequate systems for tracking completion of necessary follow-up studies can lead to delayed diagnosis. This study demonstrates how implementation of a multistage tracking system for radiologic studies led to improved timeliness of completion of recommended imaging tests.

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