QI Education and Resources

The Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) provides radiology-specific training and education programs to support RSNA members and their team in facilitating practice assessment and quality improvement (QI). There are also several public and private national organizations and institutions that provide professionals with educational opportunities focused on general aspect of QI skills and quality leadership.  

RSNA QI Educational Programs & Activities

The links below will take you to additional RSNA QI Educational programs and activities.

Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs):  

• Imaging Pregnant Patients - Appropriateness & Risk (2011) SAM110B02 
• Pediatric Neuroimaging - Focus on Dose Reduction (2011) SAM11NR01 
• CT Colonography (2011) SAM11GI05 
• Quality Challenges of Brain Imaging (2010) SAM10NR01 
• Image Quality Process, Data Integrity, and Putting Display QC into Practice (2009) SAM09GN02 
• When the Physician is the Problem (2009) SAM09GN01 

RadioGraphics

In 2008, RadioGraphics introduced a "Quality Initiatives" section. The articles that appear in this section help guide radiologists and radiology professionals in developing and implementing continuous QI in their practices.

Recent articles include: 

• Standardization of Quality Initiative Reporting
  James R. Duncan, MD, PhD, David B. Larson, MD and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD
• Practice Policy and Quality Initiatives: Strategies for Optimizing Staff Safety in a Radiology Department    
   Bettina Siewert, MD, Olga R. Brook, MD, Misti M. Mullins, RN, Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD
• Statistical Control Charts: Simplifying the Analysis of Data for Quality Improvement
  Yvonne Y. Cheung, MD, MS, Boyoun Jung, BS, Jae Ho Sohn, MS and Greg Ogrinc, MD, MS  
• Planning, Setting Up, and Carrying Out Radiology Process Improvement Projects
  Eric P. Tamm, MD, Janio Szklaruk, MD, PhD, Leejo Puthooran, RT, Danna Stone, MBA, RN, Brian L. Stevens, BS and Cathy Modaro, MSIE (September 2012) 
• Guidelines for Use of Medical Imaging during Pregnancy and Lactation 
  Emilie Tremblay, MD, Eric Thérasse, MD, FRCPC, Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, MD, PhD and Isabelle Trop, MD, MPH, FRCPC  (May 2012) 
• Lean Approach to Improving Performance and Efficiency in a Radiology Department
  Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, Allen Reedy, MBA, Laurie Pascal, MBA, MPH, Max P. Rosen, MD, MPH and Phillip M. Boiselle, MD (March 2012) 
• Establishing an Interventional Radiology Patient Radiation Safety Program
  Joseph R. Steele, MD, A. Kyle Jones, PhD and Elizabeth P. Ninan, PA-C (January 2012) 
• CT Radiation Dose Reduction: How to Implement Change without Sacrificing Diagnostic Quality
  Eric P. Tamm, MD, X. John Rong, PhD, Dianna D. Cody, PhD, Randy D. Ernst, MD, Nancy E. Fitzgerald, MD and Vikas Kundra, MD, PhD (November 2011) 
• Quality Improvement in Radiology: Basic Principles and Tools Required to Achieve Succes
  Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, Ronald Eisenberg, MD, JD, Jacob Sosna, MD, Chun Sham Yam, PhD, Joshua D. Kruskal and Phillip M. Boiselle, MD (October 2011)  
• Measuring and Managing the Procedural Competency of Radiologists
  Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, MD, Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD, Joseph R. Steele, MD, Phillip M. Boiselle, MD and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD (September 2011)  
• Application of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis in a Radiology Department
  Eavan Thornton, MD, Olga R. Brook, MD, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, MD, Donna T. Hallett, BS and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD (January 2011) 

Other Articles of Interest:

 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
 Sustaining and Spreading Quality Improvement: A Conversation With Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, Director, 
   Integrated Nurse Leadership Program, University of California San Francisco
       By The Innovations Exchange Team

American Medical News:
CT cancer risk prompts high-tech efforts to cut radiation dose
        By Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews staff. 

 Quality metrics seek to slash unneeded CT scans
     By Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews staff
 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
    2012 Annual Progress Report to Congress National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care
        Submitted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

Diagnostic Imaging:
   Data Mining and Analytics in Radiology
     By Whitney L.J. Howell 

 General Information:

Quality Measures  

Practice Quality Improvement: How Do You Assess How You're Doing? 

The American Board of Radiology 

The American Board of Radiology provides Diplomates with current Information on its Maintenance of Certification/Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) Program on their website.

Send us your ideas for QI activities or information that would be helpful to you and your staff. Please contact quality@rsna.org with your suggestions or questions.