PQI in Musculoskeletal Radiology 
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1. In what type of practice do you primarily work?
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Hospital with radiology residency
49.2%150
Hospital without radiology residency
26.9%82
Outpatient office with other physicians in building
4.9%15
Free-standing imaging center
10.8%33
Teleradiology
3.3%10
viewOther (please specify)
4.9%15
2. Do you know what Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) is?
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Yes
62.8%186
No
37.2%110
3. Does your practice currently have a PQI plan in place?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
39.4%112
No
26.1%74
Not Sure
34.5%98
4. A Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) plan is a means by which a radiology practice can assess and document whether it is meeting its goals by tracking certain specific measures. To the best of your knowledge, does your practice have such a plan in place?
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Yes
52.0%52
No
48.0%48
5. Is your practice INTERESTED IN or IN THE PROCESS OF developing such a plan?
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Percent		Response
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Interested In
48.8%60
In The Process Of
19.5%24
Neither
31.7%39
6. Are you aware that Part IV of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements set forth by the American Board of Radiology in 2007 requires radiologists to develop and implement PQI plans for their practice as part of continuing accreditation?
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Percent		Response
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Yes
55.3%21
No
44.7%17
7. Regarding your current PQI plan, which broad categories of practice quality does it attmept to assess? Select all that apply.
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Percent		Response
Count
Patient Experience
53.8%84
Patient Safety
60.3%94
Referring Clinician Satisfaction
50.0%78
Diagnostic Accuracy
87.8%137
Academic Departmental Achievement
19.9%31
Fiscal Sustainability
21.2%33
Workflow/Operational Efficiency
62.8%98
viewOther (please specify)
5.8%9
8. With regard to patient experience, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Appointment Availability
57.0%57
Ease of Scheduling
65.0%65
Patient Wait Time
80.0%80
Patient Comprehension of Exam
26.0%26
Patient Comfort
53.0%53
viewOther (please specify)
16.0%16
9. With regard to patient safety, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Contrast Administration Appropriateness (renal function, allergies)
80.8%84
Procedural Pause Rate
28.8%30
Radiation Dose
51.9%54
Study Appropriateness
41.3%43
viewOther (please specify)
11.5%12
10. With regard to referring clinician satisfaction, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Guidance in Appropriate Study Selection
30.0%30
Timeliness of Report Generation
92.0%92
Quality of Report (clarity, correctness, usefulness)
59.0%59
viewOther (please specify)
12.0%12
11. With regard to diagnostic accuracy, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Diagnostic Discrepancies (RadPeer, etc.)
92.0%115
Rad-Path or Rad-Surg Discordances
40.8%51
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5.6%7
12. With regard to academic departmental achievement, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Maintenance of Certification
52.9%37
Publications
50.0%35
Resident and Fellow Subspecialty Competency
30.0%21
Resident and Fellow Satisfaction
50.0%35
viewOther (please specify)
15.7%11
13. With regard to fiscial sustainability, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Revenue
68.0%51
Cost
56.0%42
Profit and Loss
61.3%46
RVU
65.3%49
viewOther (please specify)
12.0%9
14. With regard to operational/workflow efficiency, which specific parameters do you seek to track?
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Repeat study rate
37.5%36
Protocoling Errors
31.3%30
Quality Assurance/Quality Control Audits
84.4%81
viewOther (please specify)
16.7%16
15. In developing or implementing a PQI plan for your practice, which broad categories of practice quality do you think it is important to assess? Select all that apply.
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Patient Experience
68.3%56
Patient Safety
75.6%62
Referring Clinician Satisfaction
84.1%69
Diagnostic Accuracy
89.0%73
Academic Departmental Achievement
22.0%18
Fiscal Sustainability
40.2%33
Workflow/Operational Efficiency
80.5%66
viewOther (please specify)
7.3%6
16. With regard to patient experience, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Appointment Availability
67.6%50
Ease of Scheduling
79.7%59
Patient Wait Time
82.4%61
Patient Comprehension of Exam
43.2%32
Patient Comfort
63.5%47
viewOther (please specify)
6.8%5
17. With regard to patient safety, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Contrast Administration Appropriateness (renal function, allergies)
90.0%63
Procedural Pause Rate
22.9%16
Radiation Dose
77.1%54
Study Appropriateness
70.0%49
viewOther (please specify)
5.7%4
18. With regard to referring clinician satisfaction, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Guidance in Appropriate Study Selection
59.5%44
Timeliness of Report Generation
90.5%67
Quality of Report (clarity, correctness, usefulness)
89.2%66
viewOther (please specify)
9.5%7
19. With regard to diagnostic accuracy, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Diagnostic Discrepancies (RadPeer, etc.)
87.8%65
Rad-Path or Rad-Surg Discordances
75.7%56
viewOther (please specify)
2.7%2
20. With regard to academic departmental achievement, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Maintenance of Certification
66.7%26
Publications
53.8%21
Resident and Fellow Subspecialty Competency
59.0%23
Resident and Fellow Satisfaction
46.2%18
viewOther (please specify)
5.1%2
21. With regard to fiscial sustainability, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Revenue
68.3%41
Cost
68.3%41
Profit and Loss
73.3%44
RVU
53.3%32
viewOther (please specify)
5.0%3
22. With regard to operational/workflow efficiency, which specific parameters would you seek to track?
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Repeat study rate
52.1%37
Protocoling Errors
66.2%47
Quality Assurance/Quality Control Audits
78.9%56
viewOther (please specify)
5.6%4
23. Are there any ways in which your practice assesses practice quality which have not previously been discussed?
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No
86.1%118
viewYes
13.9%19
24. Are there any ways in which you feel your practice would assess practice quality which have not previously been discussed?
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No
85.3%64
viewYes
14.7%11
25. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Please feel free to provide any additional information you feel might be relevent in the space below.
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