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Improving the patient evaluation process in a cardiovascular and interventional radiology department
P S Chopra1, K Kandarpa, P Aliabadi
1Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Quality Management in Health Care
|March 4, 1993
Abstract:
Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) has adopted total quality management (TQM) to increase productivity and efficiency and to improve the quality of patient care services. This article reports on a quality improvement project in the department of radiology designed to improve the process of pre-procedure workup of patients referred for cardiovascular and interventional radiology (CVIR) procedures. The project was initiated, led, and conducted by a physician.