Appropriate Use Criteria in Echocardiography: An Observational Institutional Study with the Perspective of a Quality Improvement Project
Author(s) -
Vanessa Rameh,
Antoine Kossaify
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1179-5468
DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s36504
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , quality management , health care , outcome (game theory) , clinical practice , matching (statistics) , intensive care medicine , perspective (graphical) , emergency medicine , physical therapy , operations management , management system , mathematics , mathematical economics , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , economic growth
Appropriate use criteria (AUC) in echocardiography are essential tools for aligning the indications of echocardiography with the best clinical standards, improving clinical outcome, restraining abuse, and preserving health-care resources.
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