%0 Conference Paper %A Whyte, Sophie %A Dixon, Simon %A Faria, Rita %A Walker, Simon %A Sculpher, Mark %A Palmer, Stephen %D 2020 %T The value of investing in implementation activities: A case study in natriuretic peptide testing for diagnosing suspected heart failure (SMDM 15th Biennial European Meeting 8-10 June 2015) %U https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/poster/The_value_of_investing_in_implementation_activities_A_case_study_in_natriuretic_peptide_testing_for_diagnosing_suspected_heart_failure_SMDM_15th_Biennial_European_Meeting_8-10_June_2015_/11891244 %R 10.15131/shef.data.11891244.v1 %2 https://orda.shef.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/21809778 %K natriuretic peptide %K NP %K NICE %K heart failure %K Health Economics %K Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified %X
In 2010 NICE released a clinical guideline recommending that natriuretic peptide (NP) testing in patients with
suspected heart failure without previous myocardial infarction can accelerate diagnosis of heart failure and also
avoid unnecessary echocardiography. A framework for the evaluation of the value of implementation activities is
applied to this recommendation for NP testing.
%I The University of Sheffield