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Part 4: Practice Quality Improvement (PQI)

New! A comprehensive guide to MOC PQI Part 4 for individuals, groups, and institutions is available here: ABR Guide to Practice Quality Improvement.

New helpful templates for performing and recording PQI projects are also available:

PQI Recording Template for Individuals
PQI Recording Template for Groups

The ABR's Practice Quality Improvement - "PQI" - program addresses Part 4 requirements. For diagnostic radiology, including its subspecialties, five categories of PQI projects have been defined:

           Patient safety
           Accuracy of interpretation
           Report timeliness
           Practice guidelines and technical standards
           Referring physician surveys

Descriptions of each category can be found by clicking here. Each diagnostic radiologist decides on a project in one of these categories, working as an individual, as part of a group, or within an institution or organization.

The overarching reasons for PQI are to improve the quality of care delivered, reduce errors, and improve safety. PQI projects serve to engage diplomates in the proper application of quality improvement principles. This has been the classic approach to PQI since the inception of Maintenance of Certification (MOC).

Learning About PQI

The best way to begin participation in MOC Part 4 is to learn about the rationale for its inclusion in MOC, the goals of PQI efforts, and how to choose and complete a PQI project. The ABR has developed a new guide to PQI, which is available here: ABR Guide to Practice Quality Improvement. This guide will help you start to learn about PQI.

Examples of program resources that you may find helpful in learning about quality improvement include the following:

  • Online or in-person course (including college, institutional, and commercial courses, e.g., Lean Management, Six Sigma)
  • Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) on quality improvement
  • Society-sponsored CME offerings
  • Institutional courses

Many helpful reading resources on PQI are available, including the ABR's recently-published articles for diagnostic radiologists.
See the list here.

Remember that you must attest to your PQI activity using your ABR Personal Database (myABR). Please click to access your myABR.