Acute spinal cord compression: CQI framework increases resource efficiency while promoting delivery of high-quality care

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-94

  Potigailo, Valeria L ^a,b   Christoforidis, Gregory A ^a   Katzman, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous quality improvement; Cord compression

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 84920263500     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.017     Document Type: Article

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