Patient coding: a valuable management tool.
The time spent dealing with unknown patient factors can have a dramatic effect on the radiographer's productivity. This article identifies a mechanism for enhancing the department's level of information about those permanent patient factors that can affect the outcome of radiologic examinations.
D004633:Emergency Medical Tags; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000379:methods*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007087:Illinois; D008499:Medical Records; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems