Practice Development

What is practice development?

SIR Practice development and operations is charged with generating programs, processes, guidelines and policies that enhance clinical excellence and growth for interventional radiologists in their practice of choice. We strive to develop and maintain an open dialogue between hospital systems/ health systems and SIR.

The term practice development covers a wide range of activities, including the introduction of changes in practice, the support and development of practitioners, and setting standards and quality improvement. It is often used loosely and interchangeably with other terms, such as the implementation of research evidence. Practice development has the following key characteristics:

Focuses on the improvement of patient care
Incorporates a range of approaches
Occurs in real practice settings
Underpinned by the development and active engagement of practitioners
Collaborative and interprofessional
Evolutionary
Transferable rather than generalizable

Practice development can contribute to solving the problems associated with the modernization agenda. It is important because it does not rely on simplistic, top-down change strategies and is not seen as a separate activity to everyday practice, but integral to it.

Practice development education and resources

SIR practice development webinars are quarterly series for IRs, providing relevant educational opportunities on IR-pertinent topics (both medical and professional). Webinars are available to SIR Membership free of charge and CME will be available to participants of the live event.

Following the webinar attendees can claim CME on the SIR Learning Center.

Accreditation and CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Society of Interventional Radiology designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Empowering your practice

SIR promotes excellence in patient care while enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of your chosen practice model. We strive to produce resources enabling those who deliver care to make changes to facilitate better clinical outcomes and improve the quality and safety of care. Our increased effectiveness in patient-centered care materials helps you continue to build your practice based on patients' needs.

We continually seek to build strategies to improve health care delivery and adaptive development of the next generation of interventional radiologists.

Events, meetings, and expos

The SIR Business Institute presents a “masterclass” in various business-related fields for all IRs. The one-day entrepreneurial symposia is designed to assist IRs at any stage in their career who are looking to enhance their approach to the business of IR. For members interested in owning private practices or operating an OBL, the SIR Business Institute offers as unique approach to business development.

Access Business Institute virtual series On-demand

Society of Interventional Radiology Policy Statement: Exclusive Contracts and Carve-Outs for Interventional Radiology Services

In response to member needs, SIR assembled a representative task force of its members who practice in a variety of settings to review the society’s position on exclusive contracts. The updated position statement was approved by the SIR Board of Directors and reaffirms SIR’s unequivocal support for independent IRs and their right to admitting privileges at hospital systems that hold exclusive contracts with other radiology groups.

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Meet our team

Wafa Khan, MFA, MHA

Senior Manager, Practice Development and Operations

email: wkhan@sirweb.org

Nazia Kazim, BS

Associate, Practice Development and Operations

email: nkazim@sirweb.org

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