Quality Improvement
In recent years the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and other professional and consumer agencies have called for healthcare providers to implement and support activities whose purposes are to continually improve care they provide, while reducing safety risks to patients and those that care for them. This coincides ideally with the RSNA's mission of commitment to excellence in patient care through education and research of its members. Immediately following the March 2006 Board meeting, the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) was convened and charged with developing programs and tools to support Members in the on-going assessment of practice process and outcomes, in order to improve delivery of healthcare in radiology.
The information found on this site is the first project of the QIC. It is continually updated with training and educational opportunities through RSNA tools, as well as other resources and mentors to support practice assessment and quality improvement programs in radiology.
• Getting Started
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A resource for radiologists who want to get started with a quality improvement project |
| • Tools
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Use these tools to assist in identifying an area for improvement and designing an intervention
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• QI Training and Education
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Information on educational programs and activities at RSNA, as well as listings for other healthcare organizations and institutions offering basic training and education on quality improvement |
• Performance Measures and Sources of Evidence-based Medicine
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Several public organizations and institutions provide on-line access to clinical guidelines and performance measures that can be used to assess or evaluate practice patterns at the individual or process levels. |
| • Data |
Several federal agencies and academic organizations provide data that can be used for comparative analyses. |
For more information or questions on RSNA's Quality Improvement programs and activities, please contact quality@rsna.org.
We are seeking suggestions and comments for content to be included on the Quality pages. What types of things would be helpful in order to conduct a quality improvement project in your practice? Please contact quality@rsna.org with your suggestions.
