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## Objective: We present the results of the 2015 quality metrics (qualmet) survey, which was designed to assess the commonalities and variability of selected quality and productivity metrics currently employed by a large sample of academic radiology departments representing all regions in the usa. ## Methods: The survey of key radiology metrics was distributed in march-april of 2015 via personal e-mail to 112 academic radiology departments. ## Results: There was a 34.8% institutional response rate. we found that most academic departments of radiology commonly utilize metrics of hand hygiene, report turn around time (rtat), relative value unit (rvu) productivity, patient satisfaction and participation in peer review. rtat targets were found to vary widely. the implementation of radiology peer review and the variety of ways in which peer review results are used within academic radiology departments, the use of clinical decision support tools and requirements for radiologist participation in maintenance of certification also varied. policies for hand hygiene and critical results communication were very similar across all institutions reporting, and most departments utilized some form

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Author

Eric A Walker; Jonelle M Petscavage-Thomas; Joseph S Fotos; Michael A Bruno

Publisher

British Institute of Radiology

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)