Invited commentary: On influence and significance in quality improvement/process improvement studies

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Invited commentary: On influence and significance in quality improvement/process improvement studies Marta E. Heilbrun1

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The manuscript “Emergency Department Length of Stay Following Discontinuation of Routine Oral Contrast Material” by Kim et al. [1] links radiology process improvements and key hospital quality metrics. In this case, it is the elimination of oral (PO) contrast prior to abdomen and pelvis CT and length of stay (LOS) in the Emergency department (ED) that are assessed. The authors show a nearly 20% reduction (from 13.3 to 10.7 h, p