Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative
QI TRAINING & EDUCATION RESOURCES
The Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) is continually developing new 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.
Quality Improvement Programs at RSNA 2011
Quality Storyboards: Meet-the-Author Session Times
Quality Storyboards Community
Lakeside Learning Center Hall E
Sunday, November 27, 2011
12:30pm - 1:00pm and 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Monday, November 28, 2011 through Thursday, December 1, 2011
12:15pm - 12:45pm and 12:45pm - 1:15pm
Monday, November 28, 2011
SPSI25: QI Special Interest Session: Quality in Action
James R. Duncan, MD, PhD
Room: S404CD
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Challenges Associated with the Implementation of a Global Imaging Project in Uganda
Benjamin Johnson, BS
Developing Pre-Procedural Checklists to Reduce Fluoroscopy Times and Improve Team Performance
Michael J. DeLeo, III, MD
An Urgent Response Team in Diagnostic Imaging: Better, Faster and More Consistent Care
Kathleen Bugarin, BSN, RN, CRN/Yu-Fan Ma, RN,BS
Structured Reporting: Establishing Department-wide Consistency in Radiology Reports
Rebecca Pryor, BS, CRA, RT(R)
Panel Discussion
Karl N. Krecke, MD; Joseph R. Steele Jr, MD; James P. Borgstede, MD
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
RSNA Quality Improvement Multi-Session Course 2011
Course coordinators: G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD and Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD
Room: S406B
SESSION I (QI31)- 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Quality and Productivity Dashboards
Moderator: C. Daniel Johnson, MD
Technical Aspects: Developing and Deploying a Dashboard
Paul J. Chang, MD
Key Performance Indicators That Drive Quality
C. Daniel Johnson, MD
Using a Dashboard to Manage a Radiology Department
James H. Thrall, MD
SESSION II (QI32) - 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Results Communication
Moderator: G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD
What Are the Real Implications of Failure to Communicate Abnormal Results?
Leonard Berlin, MD
What Should We Be Doing? How Can This Be Achieved?
G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD
Challenges and Solutions for Private Practice
William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD
SESSION III (QI33) – 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Quality Improvement for Your Practice
Moderator: Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD
Getting Started: The Basic Principles and Techniques of Quality Improvement
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD
Simple Tools for Improving Quality in Your Radiology Department
Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD
2011 Meet-the-Author Storyboard Schedule
Additional 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:
- Quality Improvement in Radiology: Basic Principles and Tools Required to Achieve Success
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; Published Online June 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; Published Online October 2010)
General Information
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 web site.
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