Testing proposed quality measures for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: feasibility, magnitude of quality gaps, and reliability

• Main Authors: Alex H. S. Harris (Author), Esther L. Meerwijk (Author), Qian Ding (Author), Amber W. Trickey (Author), Andrea K. Finlay (Author), Eric M. Schmidt (Author), Catherine M. Curtin (Author), Erika D. Sears (Author), Teryl K. Nuckols (Author), Robin N. Kamal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Society for Surgery of the Hand recently proposed three quality measures for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS): Measure 1 - Discouraging routine use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis of CTS; Measure 2 - Discoura...