CT Dose Reporting Prone to Human Error

Institutions may have difficulty complying with the mandatory CT dose reporting law in California because reporting processes rely on manual data entry and are unreliable, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Researchers from the Stanford School of Medicine in California undertook a retrospective review of reports to assess radiologist compliance with this legislation, which became effective on July 1, 2013.

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