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Outcomes assessment and disease management strategies in diagnostic imaging: creating value and quality with nuclear cardiology.
- Source :
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The Journal of cardiovascular management : the official journal of the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators [J Cardiovasc Manag] 1998 Sep-Oct; Vol. 9 (5), pp. 10-8. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Noninvasive testing in cardiology may be used to control the initial diagnostic costs as well as to limit expensive testing to only those at highest risk. Outcome data may be used to profile accuracy for individual laboratories to assure quality of the nuclear test data in altering patient management.
- Subjects :
- Cost Control
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Diagnostic Imaging economics
Diagnostic Imaging statistics & numerical data
Evidence-Based Medicine
Heart Diseases therapy
Humans
Nuclear Medicine economics
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Radionuclide Imaging
Total Quality Management
United States
Diagnostic Imaging standards
Disease Management
Heart Diseases diagnostic imaging
Nuclear Medicine standards
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1053-5330
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of cardiovascular management : the official journal of the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10185107