Impact of an automated multimodality point-of-order decision support tool on rates of appropriate testing and clinical decision making for individuals with suspected coronary artery disease: A prospective multicenter study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 308-316

  Lin, Fay Y ^a,b   Dunning, Allison M ^b   Narula, Jagat ^c   Shaw, Leslee J ^d   Gransar, Heidi ^e   Berman, Daniel S ^e   Min, James K ^b,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriate use criteria cardiac; computed tomographic angiography; decision support tool; myocardial perfusion SPECT; stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACC; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY; APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; AUC; CAD; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CCTA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT TOOL; DST; MPS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT; RADIOLOGY BENEFIT MANAGER; RBM; STE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880274822     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.059     Document Type: Article

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