Ensuring Timely Interventional Radiology Biopsy Procedures With Standardized Pre-Procedural Protocol and Guidelines

Presenter Information

Joy Zhao, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mohsin Arsiwala, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Minki Hong, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
John Scalise, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Limi Jamma, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Hanna S. Ellingsen, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-15-2025 9:30 AM

End Date

5-15-2025 11:30 AM

Description

Proposal

• Aim
  • To decrease rate of canceled or delayed IR biopsy procedures by 25% by implementing pre-operative order sets for inpatient IR procedures at Jefferson Center City Hospital in the next 6 months 
• Population of Interest
  • Jefferson Center City teaching team patients requiring IR biopsies
• Intervention
  • Implementing pre-operative order sets that include diet restrictions, anticoagulation guidelines, pre-operative labs, and pre-operative blood pressure and glucose goals 
• Quantifiable Outcome Measurement
  • Comparing rates of canceled and/or delayed IR biopsy procedures in the patient group that use the pre-operative order set compared to those who did not use the order set 
• Data Collection Methods
  • Retrospective chart review 
• Stakeholders
  • EPIC programmers, teaching teams, IR residents and attendings, IR schedulers, inpatient teaching team patients undergoing biopsy

Keywords

health outcomes, pre-procedural, standardized protocols

Comments

Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.