Quality Tools and Best Practices
Discover everything you need to improve quality of care with RISE in one place. From visit templates and guidance documents to video tutorials, toolkits, and implementation guides, these resources are designed to help your practice optimize performance and improve patient care.
SLE Quality Measures Implementation Guide
To assist practices utilizing the new lupus quality measures, the ACR created the SLE Quality Measure Implementation Guide. This guide includes information on recommended clinical and patient reported outcome quality measures for lupus, testimonials, example workflows, and additional resources to support the improvement of patient care.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Measures Toolkit
In 2023, the ACR released its first implementation guide, the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Measures Toolkit. In this toolkit, you will find succinct summaries of the American College of Rheumatology disease activity and physical function recommendations pertaining to RA measures. The toolkit includes sample workflows, foreign language translations, implementation examples and testimonials, and resources.
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RISE Performance Improvement Activity
You can earn 20.00 CE credits/MOC points for your performance tracking with the RISE Performance Improvement Activity. In the ACCME activity, you will assess your performance, identify opportunities for improvement, create and implement an improvement plan for 90+ days, and reassess to see if and how your performance changed.
Log in to the ACR's Education Center to search and register for this activity.
Lupus Empowerment through Action and Planning (LEAP)
The Lupus Initiative, an ACR Collaborative Initiatives (COIN) project, has created a new online activity for your patients living with lupus.
LEAP is an online activity for adults living with lupus. In less than 30 minutes, your patients will learn ways to improve their self-management strategies by understanding their medication, preparing for their medical appointments, and more. Created by rheumatologists, this activity will help your patients identify strategies that they can use in their day-to-day life. And help your practice performance!
RISE Video Resources
What Is RISE?
The RISE registry works with users to improve their federal reporting experience and the quality of their patient care. Learn about RISE and the resources behind user success.
How Do I: Interpret a Quality Measure
Quality measure specifications are detailed descriptions of the quality measures used for MIPS reporting via Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) like the RISE registry. In this video, Lindsey Hunter, MS, walks you through the individual elements of a quality measure specification and how to interpret each piece.
