Effects of Performance feedback reports on adherence to evidence- based guidelines in use of CT for evaluation of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: A randomized trial

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 936-940

  Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Ip, Ivan K ^a   Dunne, Ruth M ^a,b   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a,b   Mills, Angela M ^c   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging overuse; Performance improvement; Physician feedback; Pulmonary embolism; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84944909720     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.14677     Document Type: Article

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