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Greater than the sum of the parts: Impact of radiographer clinical image interpretation

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2019
Radiographer preliminary image evaluation, within strong governance and audit systems, can help reduce diagnostic errors in the emergency setting. Radiographers, clinicians and radiologists should work together as a team to improve patient care and ...
S. Rowe, P. O'Riordan, N. Woznitza
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The emerging radiographer’s transient community service professional career pathway

open access: yesHealth SA = SA Gesondheid, 2019
Background Post-qualification regulatory 12-month community service (CS) was implemented in South Africa in 1998. Since the implementation, studies have been conducted in various disciplines to measure the impact on health services and on the affected ...
Bonita B. Johnson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improvement of radiographer commenting accuracy of the appendicular skeleton following a short course in plain radiography image interpretation: A pilot study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2018
Radiographers are at times required to provide preliminary information on plain radiography when significant findings are identified. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two short training modules to improve the accuracy of image ...
I. Williams   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of chest X-rays from general practice on the lung cancer pathway (radioX): study protocol for a randomised control trial

open access: yesTrials, 2017
BackgroundDiagnostic capacity and suboptimal logistics are consistently identified as barriers to timely diagnosis of cancer, especially lung cancer. Immediate chest X-ray (CXR) reporting for patients referred from general practice is advocated in the ...
N. Woznitza   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of the introduction of a palliative Macmillan consultant radiographer at one UK cancer centre.

open access: yesBritish Journal of Radiology, 2016
OBJECTIVE The UK radiotherapy (RT) workforce needs novel strategies to manage increasing demand. The appointment of a palliative RT (PRT) consultant radiographer (CR) offers a potential solution to enhance patient pathways providing timely RT.
Rebecca Goldfinch   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Radiographer-led online image guided adaptive radiotherapy: A qualitative investigation of the therapeutic radiographer role

open access: yesRadiography, 2021
H. McNair   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The ‘radiographer–referrer game’: image interpretation dynamics in rural practice

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2016
Effective interprofessional communication is intrinsic to safe health care. Despite the identified positive impact of collaborative radiographic interpretation between rural radiographers and referrers, communication difficulties still exist.
K. Squibb   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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