System-Based Intervention Using Electronic Medical Records and Its Potential to Decrease the Overuse of Transthoracic Echocardiography

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Sep;32(9):1253-1255. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.05.014. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

Authors

Kinjan P Patel¹, Maryam Saleem², Michael J Forte³, James D Mills¹, Fahad Alqahtani¹, Aanad Desai², Shanthi Manivannan²

Affiliations

¹ Heart and Vascular Institute of West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia.
² Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

PMID: 31279620
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.05.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
Echocardiography / statistics & numerical data*
Electronic Health Records / organization & administration*
Humans
Medical Overuse / statistics & numerical data*