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Reducing thoracic and lumbar radiographs in an urban emergency department through a clinical champion led quality improvement intervention

BACKGROUND: Low back pain is a common emergency department (ED) complaint that does not always necessitate imaging. Unnecessary imaging drives medical overuse with potential to harm patients. Quality improvement (QI) interventions have shown to be an effective solution. The purpose of this QI interv...

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Autores principales: Sapadin, Joshua, Campbell, Linelle, Bajaj, Komal, Moskovitz, Joshua B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9052451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00611-x