Radiology Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI)

Radiology CQI - Definition:

Issue tracking in order to continually improve the quality of radiology services within a corporation or health care system.

Similar Terms:

• radiology quality
• radiology quality assurance
• radiology quality control
• radiology QA
• radiology CQI

Tools Used to Improved Radiology CQI:

• Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Meetings with technologists, radiologists, and site administrators
• Discussions with Payors as to improve inappropriate utilization
• Discussions with referring physicians to make sure that order acceptance policy is followed.
• Issue Tracking to make sure that errors are followed up and corrected in the future.
• Monthly CQI reports.