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How I do it: judging appropriateness for TTE and TEE
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Fonseca, R and Marwick, TH, How I do it: judging appropriateness for TTE and TEE, Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 12, (1) Article 22. ISSN 1476-7120 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1186/1476-7120-12-22
Abstract
The increasing cost of healthcare is a widespread international problem to which the cost of imaging has been an important contributor. Some imaging tests are ordered inappropriately and contribute to wasted use of resources. Appropriate use criteria have been developed in the USA in order to guide test selection, but there are a number of problems, including the evidence base for these criteria and the steps that can be taken to change physician practice. A restrictive approach to test ordering is difficult to fit to the nuances of clinical presentation and may compromise patient care. We propose an alternative approach to physician guidance based on the most common markers of inappropriate testing.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Appropriate use, Transthoracic echocardiography, Transoesophageal echocardiography |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Fonseca, R (Mr Ricardo Fonseca Diaz) |
| UTAS Author: | Marwick, TH (Professor Tom Marwick) |
| ID Code: | 96774 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 9 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2014-11-20 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
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