2023 ASNC Quality Improvement Challenge

Broaden Your Horizons and Help Move the Field Forward

Reflecting on our Society’s ongoing goal of supporting members’ efforts to enhance the quality of imaging in their nuclear labs, ASNC announces the 2023 Quality Improvement (QI) Challenge.

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2023 Winners of the QI Challenge
 

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The QI Challenge is inspired by the Quality Metrics for Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: An ASNC Information Statement.

Criteria

Must be an active ASNC member at any membership level and engaged in quality improvement. The new procedure/quality metric should be introduced and started before May 31, 2023.

Fields for submission:

• Name of ASNC member submitting.
• ​Name of practice and/or institution.
• Which option best characterizes your practice setting?
  • Academic Medical Center
  • Private/Community Practice
• Identify metric addressed. Examples include but are not limited to:
  • Any of the 40+ metrics outlined in the new Quality Metrics Information Statement.
  • E3/F3 Stress-Only SPECT MPI (from the 2022 ASNC/AAPM/SCCT/SNMMI Guideline for the Use of CT in Hybrid Nuclear/CT Cardiac Imaging)
  • C2/G2 Attenuation Compensation (from the 2022 ASNC/AAPM/SCCT/SNMMI Guideline for the Use of CT in Hybrid Nuclear/CT Cardiac Imaging)
  • B2 Patient Access (from the 2022 ASNC/AAPM/SCCT/SNMMI Guideline for the Use of CT in Hybrid Nuclear/CT Cardiac Imaging)
  • Estimate calcium score from CT attenuation correction or CAC score scans
  • Start cardiac PET MPI
  • Start myocardial blood flow measurement by PET or SPECT
  • Start cardiac amyloid imaging
• Describe the new measure and the impact for your practice and/or patients.
• Did you involve your non physician team?
  • If Yes – How did you involve your team?
• What are your next steps to continue conduct quality improvement in the future?
• Include an image and/or documents that support change.

Deadline

Applications are closed.

Disposition Notices

Released by September 1, 2023

Reviewers

A special task force will be established to review the submitted initiatives. Grading of submissions will be based on the description of prior state (volume, protocols, any assessment of issues with false-positives, high radiation, nondiagnostic studies), the structure and scope of intervention and the impact of intervention (how many patients, impact on radiation, time, false-positives, nondiagnostic rate, etc.)

Recognition

• Winner(s) recognized at the ASNC2023 plenary ceremony.
• Winners' practice/department receives “Lunch on ASNC.”
• Winning project(s) highlighted in ASNC Flashpoint newsletter.
• Winner(s) invited to present proposal at ASNC Annual Scientific Session and Exhibition.