Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative

 2009 Quality Improvement Storyboard Project

Following its Spring meeting, the Quality Improvement Committee issued a call for storyboard abstracts that describe quality assessment and improvement initiatives in the field of radiology that have taken place in institutions to improve the care or service provided to patients. After a rigorous peer-review process, 26 abstracts were selected for development into Storyboards. These were displayed in the Health Services Research, Policy, and Practice section of the Lakeside Learning Center at RSNA 2009. In response to the positive response and interest of attendees, Storyboards are being made available via the Quality Web pages. 

Please click on the links below to view the Storyboards.

Duncan, James R., MD, PhD (duncanj@mir.wustl.edu)
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Optimizing Fluoroscopy Use During Image-Guided Procedures

Dykes, Thomas, M., MD (tdykes@hmc.psu.edu)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Society-Sponsored Practice Quality Improvement Project: Computerized Tomography IV Contrast Extravasation

Goergen, Stacey, MBBS (Stacey.Goergen@southernhealth.org.au)
Grim, Jane (jane.grimm@ranzcr.edu.au)
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists
Measuring CT dose at the Clinical Coalface: Lessons from an Optimisation Project

Khorasani, Ramin, MD, MPH (rkhorasani@partners.org)
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Impact of a 3 year quality improvement initiative on departmental performance on communication of critical test results.

Kruskal, Jonathan, MD, PhD (jkruskal@bidmc.harvard.edu)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
An Interventional Procedure-Specific Scripted Preprocedure Timeout Ensures Compliance with Participation by Minimizing Variation in Performance

Mendiratta-Lala, Mishal (mmendira@bidmc.harvard.edu)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
The Use of a Simulation Center to Improve Resident Proficiency in Performing Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

Montalvo, Jerry  (Jerry.Montalvo@mdanderson.org)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Radiology Order Form: Converting from Paper to an Online Radiology order application

Moskovitz, Jay (Jay.Moskovitz@cchmc.org)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
An Electronic Tool to Optimize Documentation and Orders Related to Children Undergoing CT and MRI

Pierce, Laura, J., MPA, RT (CT) (ljlogan@stanford.edu)
Stanford University Department of Radiology
Quality Improvement in 3-D Imaging

Prescott, Sherrie, L., RN (Prescott.Sherrie@mayo.edu)
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Supply on Demand: Reducing Non Value-Added Time in a Large Vascular Interventional Radiology (VIR) Practice

Reading, Rhoda (rreading@mdanderson.org)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Exam Requisitions: Converting from Paper to Digital

Schultz, Stacy (Schultz.Stacy@mayo.edu)
Mayo Clinic
Reducing Interpretation Time for Breast Clinic Patients Presenting with Outside Materials

Towbin, Alexander  (Alexander.Towbin@cchmc.org)
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
A Radiology Dashboard as a Tool to Improve the Turnaround Time of Dictated Reports

Wolf, Rainer, Walter, MD (RainerWalter.Wolf@insel.ch)
Inseispital Bern
A systemic Approach to Dose Optimization in Pediatric Digital X-ray Imaging