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Obstetric ultrasound quality improvement initiative-utilization of a quality assurance process and standardized
Barbora Mrazek-Pugh1, Yair J Blumenfeld2, Henry C Lee3
1Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California.
Objective:
Our aim was to assess whether mandated completion of an electronic checklist and a quality assurance (QA) process improved obstetric (OB) ultrasound image documentation.
Study Design:
A checklist of mandated images based on the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine guidelines was created. A baseline QA assessment was performed with a lead senior sonographer reviewing eight random OB examinations for each sonographer. An electronic checklist was then instituted for all OB examinations on each ultrasound machine. It was mandated that each anatomical structure be checked off during real-time image acquisition. A repeat QA assessment of each sonographer was then performed quarterly.
Results:
Baseline assessments were performed between September 2011 and November 2011. Out of the 110 examinations analyzed, only 49% were deemed "complete" with none of the sonographers having a 100% complete examination rate. Following institution of the mandated electronic checklist, a repeat assessment revealed an 81% complete examination rate for the next quarter, and 90% were complete at the end of a year. All sonographers improved their image acquisition regardless of baseline skill level at the initial QA.
Conclusion:
A QA process and a mandated standardized electronic checklist improved the image documentation.
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