Physician attitudes toward the first pediatric appropriate use criteria and engagement with educational intervention to improve the appropriateness of outpatient …

R Sachdeva, MS Kelleman, CE McCracken… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background A survey of pediatric cardiologists who participated in the Pediatric Appropriate
Use of Echocardiography study was conducted to assess attitudes toward appropriate use …

Educational intervention for improving the appropriateness of transthoracic echocardiograms ordered by pediatric cardiologists

R Sachdeva, PS Douglas, MS Kelleman… - Congenital Heart …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of educational
intervention (EI) in the Pediatric Appropriate Use of Echocardiography (PAUSE) study to …

Impact of Clinician Engagement on Implementation of the Pediatric Echocardiography Appropriate Use Criteria

MS Renno, AN Lambert, P Kannankeril, DP Johnson… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
We sought to determine whether awareness of the pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC)
affected transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) ordering by cardiologists; evaluate for …

Improvement in appropriateness of pediatric outpatient echocardiography orders following integration of the appropriate use criteria within the electronic medical …

S Dasgupta, M Kelleman… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - onlinejase.com
The pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC), aimed at improving the appropriate utilization
of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for initial outpatient evaluation, includes indications …

Effect of release of the first pediatric appropriate use criteria on transthoracic echocardiogram ordering practice

R Sachdeva, PS Douglas, MS Kelleman… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) were recently published for initial outpatient
transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect …

Pediatric appropriate use criteria for outpatient echocardiography: practice variations among pediatric cardiologists, noncardiologist subspecialists, and primary care …

S Kourtidou, PD Evers, NW Jorgensen… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The first pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) address the use of initial
transthoracic echocardiography in outpatients by all ordering providers. The aim of this study …

A Quality Initiative to Improve Appropriate Use of Initial Outpatient Echocardiography Among Pediatric Cardiologists

EL Frandsen, S Kourtidou, JS Tieder… - Pediatric Quality & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods: The outcome of interest was the prospective AUC score for all initial outpatient
TTEs ordered between November 2016 and August 2017, categorized per the …

Factors influencing pediatric outpatient transthoracic echocardiography utilization before appropriate use criteria release: a multicenter study

KWD Stern, T Gulesserian, J Choi, SM Lang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Although pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) for outpatient transthoracic
echocardiography (TTE) are available, little is known about TTE utilization patterns before …

Physician variation in ordering of transthoracic echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiac clinics

KWD Stern, CE McCracken, SE Gillespie… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for outpatient
transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) aim to reduce practice variation. Little is known on …

Pediatric appropriate use criteria implementation project: a multicenter outpatient echocardiography quality initiative

R Sachdeva, J Allen, OJ Benavidez… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: Recently published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for initial pediatric outpatient
transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) have not yet been evaluated for clinical applicability …