Clinical Quality and Safety Resources

Clinical Guidelines

ACR Appropriateness Criteria®

Evidence-based guidelines assist referring providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition.
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Practice Parameters

Promote the safe and effective use of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology by describing specific training, skills and techniques.
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Incidental Findings

An incidental finding is “an incidentally discovered mass or lesion, detected by CT, MRI, or other imaging modality performed for an unrelated reason.”
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Reporting and Data Systems (RADS)

ACR RADS provide standardized imaging findings terminology, report organization, assessment structure and classification for reporting and data collection.

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Contrast Manual

This manual serves  as a guide for radiologists to enhance the safe and effective use of contrast media.
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Manual on Contrast Media

Radiology Safety

Resources and recommendations to ensure the safe, efficient practice of radiology.
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MR Safety

MR Safety provides updates and critical new information to varies safety related topics.
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Accreditation, Centers of Excellence and Designations

Accreditation

ACR Accreditation helps assure your patients that you provide the highest level of image quality and safety.
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Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

The BICOE designation is awarded to breast imaging centers that earn accreditation in all the ACR’s breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules.
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Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence

The DICOE designation is a one of a kind program for facilities that go beyond the gold standard of ACR accreditation.
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Prostate Cancer MRI Center

Unit specific designation for sites that have an active ACR MR accreditation in the body module on the designated unit(s).
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Lung Cancer Screening Center

Unit specific designation for sites that have an active ACR CT accreditation in the chest module on the designated unit(s).
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Quality Management and Improvement

ACR National Radiology Data Registry

Participate in one of the eight registries that compare practice performance to regional and national benchmarks to improve the quality of patient care.
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Performance Measures

Performance measures are key to health care quality. They drive improvement and influence provider payment. ACR is seeking new concepts for measure development.
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ACR Learning Network

The Learning Network pursues improvement in diagnostic imaging care. It is funded through the generous grant from the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation.
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Resources

COVID-19 Radiology-Specific Clinical Resources

To help radiologists make informed decisions, the ACR has collected radiology-specific COVID-19 materials.
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Breast Imaging Resources

Breast imagers, use these informative and instructional resources to provide effective, safe, quality care to patients.
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Colon Cancer Screening Resources

We have compiled a listing of resources for radiologists who perform CT colonograph, including patient-friendly information on the CTC exam and private payer coverage.
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Interventional Radiology Resources

Explain to hospital administrators and other decision makers the value of creating an in-house interventional radiology clinical practice.
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Lung Cancer Screening Resources

ACR is your best resource for safe, effective lung cancer screening with the latest research, toolkits and key patient information.
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Medical Physics Resources

Access QC manuals, accreditation resources, guidance documents, patient communication tools, and more. ACR membership required.

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Radiation Oncology Resources

Informative and popular resources designed to assist the radiation oncology community in providing quality and safety at their practices.
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Clinical Decision Support

Learn about the requirement that referring providers consult appropriate use criteria prior to ordering advanced diagnostic imaging services for Medicare patients.
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Radiology-TEACHES

Radiology-TEACHES is an online portal that uses case vignettes to simulate the process of ordering imaging studies via integrated CDS.
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Image-Guided Core Privileging

An introductory guide on core privileging, with sample templates from various practice settings.
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Image Wisely

Take the pledge to image wisely and get resources and information on radiation safety in adult medical imaging.
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Fellowships

Amis Fellowship in Quality and Safety

The Amis Fellowship provides an opportunity for residents to discover insights and gain experience with the ACR department of Quality and Safety.
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Morin Fellowship in Medical Physics

The Morin Fellowship supports the development of young medical physicists through hands-on experiences with the American College of Radiology.
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