Figure 16
From: The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9 – Florence, Italy
The shape of the technology to come. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Technology Assessment Program has adopted a 6-level framework for evaluating diagnostic technologies. The model emphasizes the need for systematic reviews of diagnostic test studies to go beyond the assessment of technical feasibility and accuracy to examine the impact of the test on health outcomes (12).