Quality Improvement Methodology Facilitates Adherence to Echocardiogram Protocol Measurements.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Local institutional echocardiogram protocols reflect standard measurements as per national guidelines, but adherence to measurements was inconsistent. This inconsistency led to variability in reporting and impacted the use of serial measurements for clinical decision-making. Therefore, we aimed to improve complete adherence to universal and protocol-specific measures for echocardiograms performed for first-time or cardiomyopathy studies from 60% to 90% from July 2019 to February 2020.

Methods

We included all sonographer-performed echocardiograms for first-time or cardiomyopathy protocol studies. We reviewed universal measures and protocol-specific measures for all included studies. We created a scoring system reflecting measurement completion. We used a control

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782111 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature