ACR Collaborative Model Leads to 35 Percent Improvement with Mammography Positioning Criteria

Diagnostic Imaging July 1, 2024
Jeff Hall

Noting significant variation with facilities for achieving passing criteria for mammography positioning, researchers found that structured interventions, ranging from weekly auditing of images taken by technologists to mechanisms for feedback from radiologists to technologists, led to significant improvements in a multicenter study.

Identifying common issues contributing to inadequate mammography positioning and implementing key drivers for improvement, a learning network model commissioned by the American College of Radiology (ACR) led to significant improvements, including a 59 percent improvement for passing mammography positioning criteria for one of the participating facilities.

For the multicenter study, recently published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, participants in the ACR’s Mammography Positioning Improvement Collaborative identified common factors contributing to suboptimal positioning of patients...

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