Evidence-based Imaging and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Cardiopulmonary Imaging |
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Authors: | C Craig Blackmore |
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Institution: | Center for Health Services Research and Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. |
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Abstract: | Evidence-based imaging is a paradigm for using the best evidence to guide medical decision making. Evidence-based imaging centers on formulating a clinical question focused on a specific patient scenario, conducting a literature search and critical review, summarizing the evidence, and using the information to guide medical decision making. Additional tools important to evidence-based imaging are clinical prediction rules, designed to provide evidence for when imaging should be used, and cost-effectiveness analysis, designed to quantify the economic and patient outcomes from medical interventions. |
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