Point-of-care echocardiography in the accountable care organization era

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 676-682

  Platz, Elke ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CREDENTIALING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84867155378     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.973578     Document Type: Article

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