SPUC’s Quality Improvement/Research Committee has designed a QI project to meet MOC Part 4 requirements during this calendar year. We hope this opportunity can be helpful in learning quality improvement and relieving some stress of the MOC Part 4 for urgent care practitioners.  

OBJECTIVE
When joining SPUC in this project, you will have support from data collection, data review, run chart development and QI learnings to help with successful PDSA cycles.  Our objective for the project is to decrease unnecessary radiographs of patients with abdominal complaints which can facilitate the following:

1. Improve financial stewardship by decreasing costs associated with x-rays.
2. Improve patient safety by reducing unnecessary radiation exposure.
3. Improve efficiency of pediatric urgent care visits by decreasing time spent obtaining unneeded x-rays.

PROJECT TIMELINE 
January 2025: Click this link to watch the Welcome and Overview (January 15, 30 mins)
February-April 2025: Three months of baseline data collection and first two online educational sessions regarding QI topics.
May-October 2025: Two PDSA cycles with monthly data collection and drop-in workgroups monthly. One additional online educational session.
November-December 2025: Project wrap up, submit to receive ABP MOC Part 4 credit.

PROJECT EXPECTATIONS

1. Watch the educational sessions either in real time or afterwards (these will be recorded)
2. Attend monthly workgroup drop-in meetings: March, May, June, July, September, October
3. Review 10 of your patients’ charts a month (February to October) and add anonymous data to RedCap.
4. Help plan and implement two interventions at your local site.

E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] to sign up or for more information.