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Evidence Base for Quality Control Activities in Cardiovascular Imaging
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posted on 2023-05-18, 20:12 authored by Eskandari, M, Kramer, CM, Hecht, HS, Jaber, WA, Thomas MarwickThomas MarwickQuality control is pervasive in most modern business, but, surprisingly, is in its infancy in medicine in general-and cardiovascular imaging in particular. The increasing awareness of the cost of cardiovascular imaging, matched by a desire to show benefits from imaging to patient outcome, suggests that this deficiency should be reassessed. Demonstration of improved quality has been proposed to require a focus on several domains: laboratory organization, patient selection, image acquisition, image interpretation, and results communication. Improvement in these steps will require adoption of a variety of interventions, including laboratory accreditation, appropriate use criteria, and continuous quality control and enhancements in reporting, but the evidence base for the benefit of interventions on these steps has been sparse. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current status and future goals of developing the evidence base for these processes in cardiovascular imaging.
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Publication title
JACC: Cardiovascular ImagingVolume
9Pagination
294-305ISSN
1936-878XDepartment/School
Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchPublisher
Elsevier Inc.Place of publication
United StatesRights statement
Copyright 2016 American College of Cardiology FoundationRepository Status
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