Implementation of a national nuchal translucency education and quality monitoring program.
Obstet Gynecol
; 123(1): 149-154, 2014 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
In 2004, leaders in first-trimester aneuploidy screening and a multidisciplinary group of experts established the Nuchal Translucency Quality Review Program, a national program to standardize education, credentialing, and quality monitoring of nuchal translucency. Since its inception, the program has credentialed more than 6,600 physician and ultrasonographer participants and collected more than 2.4 million nuchal translucency measurements. Ongoing quality monitoring is conducted through statistical analysis comparing the distribution and standard deviation of participants' nuchal translucency measurements against those obtained from a standard referent curve. Results of these analyses are distributed to participants quarterly and are used to track each participant's performance and to trigger performance improvement activities or mandatory remediation. This program could serve as a template for future education and credentialing programs that include partnerships with academic leaders, national professional organizations, and industry.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde
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Medição da Translucência Nucal
Tipo de estudo:
Sysrev_observational_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article