Quality improvement initiative to standardise thyroid ultrasound reports and reduce unnecessary fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules

BMJ Open Qual. 2022 Mar;11(1):e001769. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001769.

Authors

Alvita J Chan¹, Josee Sarrazin², Ilana J Halperin³, Kalesha Hack², Adina Weinerman⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected].
² Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Endocrinology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: quality improvement; standards of care; unnecessary procedures.

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Humans
Quality Improvement
Thyroid Nodule* / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Nodule* / pathology