Initiative to reduce bone scans for low-risk prostate cancer patients: A quasi-experimental before-and-after study in a Veterans Affairs hospital

PURPOSE: Bone scans (BS) are a low-value test for asymptomatic men with low-risk prostate cancer. We performed a quality improvement intervention aimed at reducing BS for these patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The intervention was a presentation that leveraged the behavioral science concepts of soci...

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Autores principales: Ojerholm, Eric, Van Arsdalen, Keith N., Roses, Robert E., Tripp, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2017.07.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2017.07.001

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