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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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A. Tekes, E.M. Jackson, J. Ogborn, S. Liang, M. Bledsoe, D.J. Durand, G. Jallo, T.A.G.M. Huisman
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
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2016, 37 (6) 990-996; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4658
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