Accreditation status and geographic location of outpatient vascular testing facilities among Medicare beneficiaries: The VALUE (Vascular Accreditation, Location & Utilization Evaluation) Study

Conclusions:
Findings suggest that the proportion of outpatient vascular testing facilities that are IAC accredited is low and varies by region. Increasing the number of accredited vascular testing facilities to improve test quality is a hypothesis that should be tested in future research.

Source: Vascular Medicine recent issues - October 10, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Rundek, T., Brown, S. C., Wang, K., Dong, C., Farrell, M. B., Heller, G. V., Gornik, H. L., Hutchisson, M., Needleman, L., Benenati, J. F., Jaff, M. R., Meier, G. H., Perese, S., Bendick, P., Hamburg, N. M., Lohr, J. M., LaPerna, L., Leers, S. A., Lilly, Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research