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Stimulated by published reports of potentially inappropriate application of venous procedures, the American Venous Forum and its Ethics Task Force in collaboration with multiple other professional societies including the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS), and the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) developed the appropriate use criteria (AUC) for chronic lower extremity venous disease to provide clarity to the application of venous procedures, duplex ultrasound imaging, timing, and reimbursements

Reference: The American Society of Echocardiography

As a module under the ImageGuide Registry®, ImageGuideEcho helps transform echocardiography data into meaningful metrics, identifying trends and performance gaps across multiple sites while improving quality of care.

The goal of this article is to explain how the criteria were created and define the 3 categories of indications: appropriate, inappropriate, and uncertain. Tips for using appropriate use criteria and tables, including a definition of several key terms technologists should be familiar with, will be provided. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology June 2012, 40 (2) 81-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.111.097451

This article will review the process of quality improvement; provide detailed, step-by-step instructions with special emphasis on project selection and data collection; and show examples of how to perform quality improvement projects. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2012, 40 (4) 211-219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.112.111880