Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Interventions at Reducing Inappropriate Cardiac Imaging: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-13

  Chaudhuri, Dipayan ^a   Montgomery, Alison ^b,c   Gulenchyn, Karen ^b,c   Mitchell, Morgan ^d   Joseph, Philip ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Departments of Medicine   (Canada)

^c Radiology Department   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac imaging; meta Analysis; quality improvement; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; META ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL AUDIT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REIMBURSEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL AUDIT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84955265240     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.115.001836     Document Type: Article

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