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01-08-2019 | Editorial

Refer Wisely™: Leveraging social media to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on the use of cardiac testing

Authors: David E. Winchester, MD, MS, David Wolinsky, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 4/2019

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The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has been a longstanding proponent of performing high-quality and high-value cardiac imaging. ASNC was a co-sponsor of the first Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) document developed by professional cardiology societies, some 14 years ago.1 In those intervening years, the awareness of low value cardiac imaging has grown among clinicians as well as the public. Despite increased awareness, only a minority of clinicians and patients are aware of campaigns such as Choosing Wisely, and less than 20% of clinicians use AUC on a regular basis.2‐4 …

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Kline KP, Plumb J, Nguyen L, et al. Patient and provider attitudes on appropriate use criteria for myocardial perfusion imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; accepted for publication.

Winchester DE, Kline K, Plumb J, Huo T, Beyth RJ. Patient and provider generated appropriateness ratings for myocardial Perfusion imaging: Agreement with published criteria. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2016;9:A227.

Phillips LM, Wolinsky D, Dilsizian V, Shaw LJ. Clinician perception of personal and colleague understanding of and responsibility for appropriate use criteria (AUC). J Nucl Cardiol 2015;22:761.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. ReferWisely. https://www.asnc.org/referwisely. Accessed January 31, 2019.

Title: Refer Wisely™: Leveraging social media to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on the use of cardiac testing
Authors: David E. Winchester, MD, MS
David Wolinsky, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01673-4

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