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Play Smart Youth Heart Screening Program Reduces False-Positive Rates for Screening Electrocardiograms
2019 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
  • James G Beckerman, Division of Cardiology, Providence Health Services, Portland, Oregon.
  • M Wang, Medical Data Research Center, Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR, USA
  • Lydia Hibsch, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science (CARDS), Providence Heart Institute, Providence St. Joseph Health, Portland, OR
  • Nancy Davis, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science (CARDS), Providence Heart Institute, Providence St. Joseph Health, Portland, OR
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
12-1-2019
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Abstract

Play Smart Youth Heart Screening is a free community-based electrocardiogram (ECG) screening program sponsored by Providence Heart Institute in Portland, Oregon. Play Smart goal is to identify youths who may need further follow-up and treatment of undiagnosed, asymptomatic heart disease such as cardiac arrest. For many youths, sudden cardiac arrest is their first symptom of heart disease. Play Smart has sought to systematically improve ECG screening accuracy (specificity) by consistently adopting the most recent ECG interpretation guidelines. More accurate screening (less false-positive screens) enables Play Smart to target recommendations for follow-up treatment only to those individuals with true-positive screening results.

Clinical Institute
Cardiovascular (Heart)
Specialty
Cardiology
Specialty
Quality
Specialty
Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research + Data Science (CARDS)
Citation Information
James G Beckerman, M Wang, Lydia Hibsch and Nancy Davis. "Play Smart Youth Heart Screening Program Reduces False-Positive Rates for Screening Electrocardiograms" 2019 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mansen-wang/11/