Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory | Zendy

Zainab Samad | Zendy; Stephanie Minter | Zendy; Alicia Armour | Zendy; Amanda Tinnemore | Zendy; Joseph A. Sivak | Zendy; Brenda Sedberry | Zendy; Karen Strub | Zendy; Seanna M. Horan | Zendy; J. Kevin Harrison | Zendy; Joseph Kisslo | Zendy; Pamela S. Douglas | Zendy; Eric J. Velazquez | Zendy

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Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory

Author(s) -

Zainab Samad,

Stephanie Minter,

Alicia Armour,

Amanda Tinnemore,

Joseph A. Sivak,

Brenda Sedberry,

Karen Strub,

Seanna M. Horan,

J. Kevin Harrison,

Joseph Kisslo,

Pamela S. Douglas,

Eric J. Velazquez

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.003708

Subject(s) - medicine , sonographer , cardiac catheterization , quality management , stenosis , doppler echocardiography , cardiology , radiology , blood pressure , diastole , ultrasonography , operations management , economics , management system

The management of aortic stenosis rests on accurate echocardiographic diagnosis. Hence, it was chosen as a test case to examine the utility of continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches to increase echocardiographic data accuracy and reliability. A novel, multistep CQI program was designed and prospectively used to investigate whether it could minimize the difference in aortic valve mean gradients reported by echocardiography when compared with cardiac catheterization.

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