Sentence examples for appropriateness criterion from inspiring English sources

Our strategy was based on the rating of appropriateness criteria; as proposed by Gertman and Restuccia [ 27], meeting a single appropriateness criterion sufficed to define care as appropriate.

The final goals are to increase the quality of care and the cost-effectiveness in our medical system, which depends on the development of appropriateness criteria to make appropriate decisions.

The American College of Cardiology, together with other professional societies, has published appropriateness criteria for coronary CT that are reasonable and based on (still limited) research.

Ralph G. Brindis Oakland, Calif., July 1, 2008 The writer, a doctor, is vice president of the American College of Cardiology and chairman of its Task Force on Appropriateness Criteria.

Strategies include the voluntary enrollment of patients undergoing CT scans into national registries to assess issues surrounding safety and efficacy, and also the implementation and application of noninvasive imaging appropriateness criteria developed by professional specialty and subspecialty societies.

Computerized ordering systems based on A.C.R. Appropriateness Criteria help doctors prescribe the best exam for a patient's condition and reduce unnecessary scans.

Appropriateness criteria use has been shown to improve quality, reduce unnecessary imaging and lower costs.

The adaptation of ACR appropriateness criteria to European standards of practice was performed.

This method is a consensus technique that involves several phases to develop appropriateness criteria.

The objective of this study was to validate newly developed explicit appropriateness criteria.

Future research efforts should be directed towards developing clinical decision tools and appropriateness criteria for abdominal imaging.