PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Shirley L. Chow AU - Kaveh G. Shojania TI - “Rheum to Improve”: Quality Improvement in Outpatient Rheumatology AID - 10.3899/jrheum.161053 DP - 2017 Jul 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - jrheum.161053 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2017/06/26/jrheum.161053.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2017/06/26/jrheum.161053.full AB - The commitment to improve care processes and patient outcomes is a professional mandate for clinicians and is also seen as an operational priority for institutions. Quality improvement now figures in the accreditation of training programs, specialty examinations, and hospital scorecards. Rheumatologists have traditionally focused primarily on quality problems such as guideline adherence; however, improvement goals should also include other aspects of care that are helpful to patients and are professionally rewarding for practitioners. This review makes use of improvement projects in outlining tangible tools rheumatologists can use to resolve quality concerns in their practices.