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Appropriate Use Criteria For Stress Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Sestamibi Studies
Author(s) -
Raymond J. Gibbons,
J. Wells Askew,
David O. Hodge,
Beth Kaping,
Damita J. Carryer,
Todd D. Miller
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.975995
Subject(s) - medicine , appropriateness criteria , quality management , confidence interval , single photon emission computed tomography , appropriate use criteria , presentation (obstetrics) , medical physics , revascularization , spect imaging , nuclear medicine , radiology , management system , management , myocardial infarction , economics
We previously reported the application of the 2005 American College of Cardiology Foundation appropriate use criteria for stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging to patients at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) in 2005 and 2006. A subsequent internal quality improvement project focused on physician education in an attempt to reduce the rate of inappropriate SPECT studies.

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