How to Reduce Head CT Orders in Children with Hydrocephalus Using the Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Experience at a Major Quaternary Care Academic Children's Center

A. Tekes; E.M. Jackson; J. Ogborn; S. Liang; M. Bledsoe; D.J. Durand; G. Jallo; T.A.G.M. Huisman

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A4658

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How to Reduce Head CT Orders in Children with Hydrocephalus Using the Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Experience at a Major Quaternary Care Academic Children's Center

A. Tekes, E.M. Jackson, J. Ogborn, S. Liang, M. Bledsoe, D.J. Durand, G. Jallo and T.A.G.M. Huisman

American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2016, 37 (6) 990-996; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4658

A. Tekes

aFrom the Division of Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.T., D.J.D., T.A.G.M.H.)

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E.M. Jackson

cDivision of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery (E.M.J., G.J.)

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J. Ogborn

dDepartment of Pediatrics (J.O.), The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

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S. Liang

bDepartment of Radiology (S.L., M.B.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

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M. Bledsoe

bDepartment of Radiology (S.L., M.B.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

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D.J. Durand

aFrom the Division of Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.T., D.J.D., T.A.G.M.H.)

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G. Jallo

cDivision of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery (E.M.J., G.J.)

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T.A.G.M. Huisman

aFrom the Division of Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.T., D.J.D., T.A.G.M.H.)

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How to Reduce Head CT Orders in Children with Hydrocephalus Using the Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Experience at a Major Quaternary Care Academic Children's Center

A. Tekes, E.M. Jackson, J. Ogborn, S. Liang, M. Bledsoe, D.J. Durand, G. Jallo, T.A.G.M. Huisman

American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2016, 37 (6) 990-996; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4658

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