• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010208
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with knee pain who undergo knee MRI or MRA who are known to have had knee radiographs performed within the preceding three months based on information from the radiology information system (RIS), patient-provided radiological history, or other health-care source.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010229
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of cancers detected at screening mammography that are invasive carcinoma less than or equal to 10 mm or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010211
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the chest or neck or ultrasound of the neck for patients aged 18 years and older with no known thyroid disease with a thyroid nodule less than 1.0 cm noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010232
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: median dose length product (DLP) for CT chest without contrast (single phase scan).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010235
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: number of CT exams performed at the facility that were submitted to the Dose Index Registry.

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010216
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of final reports for CT imaging studies of the thorax for patients aged 18 years and older with documented follow-up recommendations for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules based at a minimum on nodule size and patient risk factors.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010238
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: mean MRI report turnaround time (RTAT).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010219
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of CT and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion studies) imaging reports for all patients, regardless of age, that document a count of known previous CT and cardiac nuclear medicine studies that the patient has received in the 12-month period prior to the current study.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010241
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of CT exams with contrast performed that resulted in extravasation.

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010227
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of screening mammograms where biopsy was recommended that have a tissue diagnosis of cancer within 12 months.

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010244
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of screenings for lung cancer interpreted as positive (Lung-RADS Category 3 or 4).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010203
  • 2015 Feb
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of patients undergoing a screening mammogram whose information is entered into a reminder system with a target due date for the next mammogram.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010209
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older who had a previously documented iodinated contrast reaction who undergo any imaging examination using intravenous iodinated contrast that include documentation that the patients were pre-medicated with corticosteroids with or without H1 antihistamines.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010224
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: fraction of all screening mammograms that are interpreted as positive (abnormal) and have a tissue diagnosis of cancer within 12 months.

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010206
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older undergoing CT with documentation that one or more of the specified dose optimization techniques were used.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010233
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: median size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) for abdomen-pelvis CT with contrast (single phase scans).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010212
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for abdominal imaging studies for asymptomatic patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended: liver lesion less than or equal to 0.5 cm; cystic kidney lesion less than 1.0 cm; adrenal lesion less than or equal to 1.0 cm.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010214
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of total CT studies performed for all patients, regardless of age, that are reported to a radiation dose index registry and that include at a minimum selected data elements.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010230
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: median dose length product (DLP) for CT head-brain without contrast (single phase scans).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010236
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: mean radiography report turnaround time (RTAT).

American College of Radiology