To ensure the dissemination of high-quality evidence and the stewardship of data, the ACR Learning Network requests the notification and review of abstracts, publications, posters, or presentations prior to print or presentation. All requests are reviewed by a publication and data request review panel. The panel is composed Learning Network leadership, Collaborative leaders, and ACR staff.
NOTE: As per the Participation Agreement, publications and other proposed disclosures of participant's data, whether other participants' names are directly tied to such data or not, are subject to advance written approval by ACR and such other participants whose data or name are being shared. Publications must refer to and follow ACR Learning Network Publications policy.
Resources and Guidance
ImPower Methodology
- Please review ImPower outlined objectives and methods
- Control charts must come from the collaborative control chart templates and meet SPC criteria for mean groupings.
Abstracts
- Suggested abstract template
- Step-by-step guidance: Sharing Your Story: A3 to Conference Abstract
Publications
- A QI paper should be written:
- Under SQUIRE guidelines.
- Using a format outlined in Guide to Effective Quality Improvement Reporting in Radiology
Authorship
- All authors must meet ICMJE guidelines to be listed as an author.
- Contributors who partially meet authorship requirements will be mentioned in Acknowledgements.
Request Submission
Submit a request by the following steps outlined below:
- If you wish to draft your request in an offline form before submitting, download and compete the Publication and Data Request Form Template. This form captures the information required to submit a request via the web-based submission form. If not, skip to step 2.
- Enter you publication, presentation or data request information into the web-based submission form.
- Attach additional information, e.g., draft publication or presentation, list of requested data elements, table specifications, and sample tables for data request to the submission form.
Request Review
All requests are reviewed by a publication and data access review panel. The panel is composed of Learning Network leadership, collaborative leaders, and ACR staff.
Requestors are notified about the approval status of their request within one to three months depending on the complexity of the request. The panel will assign the request one of the below statuses:
| Status | Definition |
| Approved | Request has been approved and prioritized by the panel. The request is in an ACR analyst queue by not yet in active analysis. |
| Scheduled | Request has been approved and prioritized by the panel. The request is being actively worked on by an ACR analyst. |
| On-hold | Approved request is on-hold until the available data set is sufficient for analysis. |
| Denied | Request was not approved by panel |