Cargando…

Reining in Unnecessary Admission EKGs: A Successful Interdepartmental High-Value Care Initiative

Introduction Unnecessary “admission electrocardiograms (EKGs)” on admitted patients waiting (“boarding”) in the emergency department (ED) are often ordered. We introduced evidence-based EKG ordering guidelines and determined changes in the percent of patients with "preadmission" and "...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Appold, Brendan, Soniega-Sherwood, Jennie, Persaud, Riaad, Moss, Rachel, Ramnarine, Mityanand, LaVine, Sean P, Bhansali, Rohan, Ahn, Seungjun, Richman, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8552818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722095
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18351