Articles: emergency-services.
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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Nov 1995
Off-hours interpretation of radiologic images of patients admitted to the emergency department: efficacy of teleradiology.
The purpose of our study was to assess the efficacy of a commercially available digital teleradiology system in the off-site interpretation of radiologic studies performed in the emergency department. ⋯ Commercially available teleradiology equipment can be both reliably and effectively used for off-hours interpretation of radiologic studies made in the emergency department.
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Comparative Study
[Adequacy of medical referrals to hospital emergency service].
To assess the correctness and diagnostic concordance in referrals of patients to hospital Casualty Departments (CD); and the possible differences between rural and urban health centres (HC) as well as between general practitioners (GP) and family and community medicine (FCM) specialists. ⋯ We found no differences in the correctness of referrals or diagnostic concordance of patients seen in the CD of our city's health area, neither between patients referred from rural and urban HCs, nor between patients referred by GPs and FCM specialists.