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Ablation Techniques for Benign Thyroid Nodules

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6 Treatment Figure 2. Operations and Process Flow Chart for Implementing a New TA Program Determine location of procedure (Table 4) Additional pre-procedural needs? Obtain preauthorization Schedule procedure Consent patient Maybe YES Is the patient a good candidate? YES Check-in patient Initial Patient Evaluation • Medical endocrinologist • Primary care physician (PCP) • Surgeon Consultation for Ablative Procedure (Table 4) • Endocrinologist • Surgeon • Interventional radiologist Multidisciplinary tumor board Flow Unit is one patient Process activity Start/Stop Connector A sample flow chart of the operations and processes involved in implementing a new TA clinical program is shown. To ensure safe implementation, the various points in the flow chart should all be addressed. Additional considerations of highlighted points are summarized in Table 4. * e process of billing, payment, and appeal is also a pre-procedural consideration and may occur before performance of the ablation procedure. Decision point NO

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