Furthermore, it has been shown to improve guideline compliance, especially with regard to the adequacy of examinations that should follow positive FOBT [ 16- 18], and therefore are likely to protect subjects from the risk of poor-quality screening practices and to guarantee screening cost-effectiveness [ 16].
Second, differences in screening practices, quality of healthcare, and access to and use of healthcare between the populations may also play a role.
Variability in VTE rates might reflect differences in case mix and quality of care, but also screening practices or data capture.
To develop data useful for assessing donor screening practices, high-quality data must be collected by using standardized protocols and assays of known performance characteristics.
As the balance of benefits and harms is directly affected by aspects such as the accuracy of the tests, access to follow-up, the quality of laboratory procedures, balanced information and counseling and so on, these quality aspects should all be taken into account when evaluating prenatal screening practices or considering adaptations to existing practices or novel forms of screening.
To conduct a community‐based, postpartum depression (PPD) screening initiative, and recommend PPD screening practices.
The differences may reflect variable screening practices.
Furthermore, screening practices reported in these studies may not reflect actual screening practices.
We previously performed a retrospective analysis of diabetes screening practices in a large, Midwestern, academic physician group for the 3-year period (1 January 2005 31 December 2007) (6), using the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) criteria (7).
Tables 6& 7 summarize breast cancer screening practices among respondents.
The research intervention was most effective in improving screening practices.
