The joint process describes a process for determining appropriate utilization in different clinical scenarios in heart failure. The appropriate utilization framework aims to improve quality and efficiency.
The process, based on evidence-based medicine, guidelines and practice experience, categorizes imaging use as appropriate, maybe appropriate and rarely appropriate. The associations presented the process as “recommendations to be used in conjunction with sound clinical judgment,” according to the report.
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