Second x-ray reading not always necessary
Journal of Family Practice 53(11): 868-869
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 15527720 Document Number: 574690
Primary care clinicians are able to identify radiographs for which a second reading by a radiologist is unlikely to result in a change in clinical care. The investigators report that no substantial changes in care or episodes of averted patient harm occurred.