Recommendations Follow-up Improvement Collaborative

This Collaborative of the ACR® Learning Network seeks to improve the early detection of lung cancer for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules.

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Up to 10% of all radiology reports contain follow-up recommendations, and approximately half of the recommended follow-up exams are never performed. Lung nodules represent about half of all imaging follow-up recommendations, and noncompliance with radiology lung nodule follow-up places patients at risk for delayed diagnosis of lung cancer.

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ACR Learning Network Recommendations Follow-Up Improvement Collaborative

Problem Statement

Radiologists’ recommended follow-up for patients identified as having an incidental lung nodule is not being adequately completed within the identified time frame, putting patients at risk for delayed diagnosis.

How the Collaborative Works

Improvement collaborative participation supports site teams with improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their follow-up tracking processes to improve patient outcomes, decrease the risk of missed cancers, generate a return on investment and reduce malpractice risk for institutions and providers.

Each collaborative site forms an interdisciplinary team of four to six members who participate in the ACR® ImPower Program with shared learning alongside a cohort of colleagues from four to six institutions, identifying ways to ensure the follow-up of appropriate recommendations for incidental lung nodules occurs to improve the early detection of lung cancer.

Suggested team members:

Radiologist.
Patient care coordinator.
Primary care physician/team.
Radiology manager.
Radiology scheduler.

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Collaborative Leader

Ben Wandtke, MD, MS

Vice Chair

Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester
Physician Advisor for the ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry (LCSR)

Advisory Committee

Tyler Prout, MD, FACR
Kristin Hans, RN
Christopher Moore, MD, PhD
Woojin Kim, MD
Stella Kang, MD, MS
Terri Ann DiJulio

ACR Learning NetworkParticipating Organizations

Hudson Valley Radiologists, PC, Poughkeepsie, NY
Boston Medical Center, Boston
Einstein Healthcare Network, Now part of Jefferson Health, Philadelphia
Radiology Partners, Austin, TX

AdventHealth Central Florida Division, Orlando, FL
Penn Medicine, Philadelphia
Riverside Healthcare, Kankakee, IL

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