Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory
Samad Z, Minter S, Armour A, Tinnemore A, Sivak JA, Sedberry B, Strub K, Horan SM, Harrison JK, Kisslo J, Douglas PS, Velazquez EJ. Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2016, 9: e003708. PMID: 26957220, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.115.003708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisCardiac CatheterizationCritical PathwaysEchocardiography, DopplerFeasibility StudiesHemodynamicsHospitals, High-VolumeHumansObserver VariationPatient Care TeamPractice Patterns, Physicians'Predictive Value of TestsProgram EvaluationProspective StudiesQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexWorkflowConceptsAortic stenosisCatheterization dataContinuous quality improvementMean gradientAortic valve mean gradientCQI teamClinical echocardiography laboratoryGreater aortic stenosisProportion of patientsReferral of patientsPrimary outcome measureContinuous quality improvement programQuality Improvement ProgramAortic gradientCardiac catheterizationEchocardiographic diagnosisEchocardiography studyPractice patternsInvasive studiesOutcome measuresEchocardiography laboratoryValve hemodynamicsSecond sonographerCatheterizationCQI program