Title :
A clinical database program for evaluation of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography interpretive skills
Author :
Rafferty, T. ; Perrino, A. ; Davis, E. ; Harris, S. ; Prokop, E. ; Carter, J. ; Cohen, I. ; Ezekowitz, M. ; O´Connor, T.
Author_Institution :
Yale Univ. Sch. of Med., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe a quality-assurance-oriented database program designed for an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography monitoring service. Entry data include patient and operation demographics and two-dimensional echocardiographic, saline-contrast, and color flow/pulsed Doppler assessments of the heart and great vessels. A statistical analysis component allows for comparison of intraoperative interpretations with those of an external reviewer `gold standard´ on a field-by-field basis. This provides an objective means for quantifying expertise in each individual aspect of the patient examination sequence. Such self-appraisal data are essential for delineating the status and tracking the progress of service being provided
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; database management systems; medical diagnostic computing; clinical database program; great vessels; heart; intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography interpretive skills; operation demographics; patient examination sequence; quality-assurance-oriented database program; self-appraisal data; statistical analysis component; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiology; Documentation; Echocardiography; Image databases; Patient monitoring; Quality assurance; Software packages; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1992, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Durham, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3552-5
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1992.269427
