AI Article Synopsis
- Patients transferred for advanced care often come with medical imaging and may or may not have radiology reports.
- The reception of these pretransfer studies raises issues related to resource use, legal risks, and ensuring high technical standards.
- The authors discuss the current situation regarding imaging for transfer patients and suggest practice solutions based on their experience at a Level I trauma center.
Article Abstract
Patients transferred for higher levels of care often arrive with medical imaging from the outside facility, with or without accompanying radiology reports. The handling of pretransfer studies by receiving radiologists introduces several concerns regarding resource utilization, medicolegal risk, and technical quality control. The authors review the current status of transfer patient imaging, with an emphasis on the role of the receiving emergency radiologist. Practice solutions developed at the authors' level I trauma center are described.
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