• Chest · Jul 2021

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    Proposed Quality Metrics for Lung Cancer Screening Programs: A National Lung Cancer Roundtable Project.

    • Peter J Mazzone, Charles S White, Ella A Kazerooni, Robert A Smith, and Carey C Thomson.
    • Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: mazzonp@ccf.org.
    • Chest. 2021 Jul 1; 160 (1): 368-378.

    AbstractLung cancer screening with a low radiation dose chest CT scan is the standard of care for screening-eligible individuals. The net benefit of screening may be optimized by delivering high-quality care, capable of maximizing the benefit and minimizing the harms of screening. Valid, feasible, and relevant indicators of the quality of lung cancer screening may help programs to evaluate their current practice and to develop quality improvement plans. The purpose of this project was to develop quality indicators related to the processes and outcomes of screening. Potential quality indicators were explored through surveys of multidisciplinary lung cancer screening experts. Those that achieved predefined measures of consensus for each of the validity, feasibility, and relevance domains are proposed as quality indicators. Each of the proposed indicators is described in detail, with guidance on how to define, measure, and improve program performance within the indicator.Copyright © 2021 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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