The value of investing in implementation activities: A case study in natriuretic peptide testing for diagnosing suspected heart failure (SMDM 15th Biennial European Meeting 8-10 June 2015)
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posted on 2020-02-27, 00:04 authored by Sophie WhyteSophie Whyte, Simon Dixon, Rita Faria, Simon Walker, Mark Sculpher, Stephen PalmerIn 2010 NICE released a clinical guideline recommending that natriuretic peptide (NP) testing in patients with
suspected heart failure without previous myocardial infarction can accelerate diagnosis of heart failure and also
avoid unnecessary echocardiography. A framework for the evaluation of the value of implementation activities is
applied to this recommendation for NP testing.
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