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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2018

Improving compliance with Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) reporting standards: A serial comparison of 523 labs over seven years.

P Timothy Maddux, Mary Beth Farrell, Joseph A Ewing, Peter L Tilkemeier

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Insights into Nuclear Cardiology in the United States from the first 3 years of the ImageGuide Registry.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022
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4 authors.

P Timothy MadduxGreenville Health System, 701 Grove Road Support Tower 5, Greenville, SC, 29605, USA.
Mary Beth FarrellIntersocietal Accreditation Commission, Ellicott City, MD, USA. farrell@intersocietal.org.
Joseph A EwingGreenville Health System, 701 Grove Road Support Tower 5, Greenville, SC, 29605, USA.
Peter L TilkemeierGreenville Health System, 701 Grove Road Support Tower 5, Greenville, SC, 29605, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate reporting compliance of laboratories applying for serial accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) and compare compliance based on laboratory characteristics.

methodsAll laboratories applying for IAC accreditation for the first time in 2008 and then twice more (2011-2014) were evaluated for compliance with 18 reporting elements. The elements were ranked into three severity groups (high/moderate/low).

resultsReports from 523 laboratories were evaluated. The percentage of laboratories with reporting issues by cycle was 66.2% for cycle 1, 36.7% for cycle 2, and 43.8% for cycle 3 (p < .001). For most of the 18 elements, there was a significant decrease in the percentage of labs with issues. Less moderate and high severity errors were seen over time. Also, the mean non-compliant elements per laboratory decreased from 5.78 ± 2.72 at cycle 1, down to 1.25 ± 1.77 at cycle 3.

conclusionsIn facilities applying for 3 consecutive IAC accreditation cycles, reporting compliance with IAC Standards improved between cycles 1-2 and 1-3. No significant improvement occurred between cycles 2-3. Although the quality of reports improved overall, problems remain in quantifying myocardial perfusion defects, documenting report approval date, and integrating stress and imaging reports.

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AccreditationGuideline AdherenceCardiologyHumansLaboratoriesNuclear MedicineRetrospective StudiesaccreditationcomplianceIntersocietal Accreditation CommissionNuclear cardiologyreporting

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