Over the six month period of screening events with the mobile

mammography unit (March-August 2016), clinics utilizing the mobile unit

saw an average of 7.1% increase in their Breast Cancer Screening rate,

compared to a 2.8% increase across the rest of the PCIC practices.

Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among

women in the United States. In 2015, an estimated 232,000 women

were diagnosed with the disease and 40,000 women died of it. It is

most frequently diagnosed among women aged 55 to 64 years, and the

median age of death from breast cancer is 68 years.1

One of the ten quality metrics that the Primary Care Improvement

Collaborative (PCIC) tracks is breast cancer screening in women age 50

– 74. The FY18 target goal for breast cancer screening is 80%. PQI

provides assistance to the PCIC practices by finding ways to reach these

screening goals.

The primary objective for this particular project was to see if partnering

with REX Mobile Mammography team would help the PCIC practices in

reaching the FY18 80% goal.

The secondary objective was to see if this partnership would result in

increased patient and staff satisfaction.

PQI partnered with REX Mobile Mammography Unit to conduct on-site

screenings at various PCIC practices. To date, the mobile mammogram

unit has made seven visits to four different practices across Wake,

Orange, and Alamance counties and over 130 women have been

screened for breast cancer. The site visits allow patients to be seen at

their normal primary care office location, where the mammogram bus

arrives in the parking lot and screens patients on-site.

The PQI / REX Mobile Mammography Unit partnership has been a

tremendous value add for the PCIC. While the mobile mammography

service is available to any PCIC practice it has proved to be especially

helpful for those clinics in outlining areas. Patients enjoy the

convenience of scheduling, navigating and parking with familiar staff

and location. The clinics also see the benefits of the screening event

on their PCIC quality metrics

“Having the mobile mammography us was a great experience for the staff and

the patients. Having the bus on-site was a great opportunity for the patients to

have local access for their imaging needs. The patients enjoyed the Rex staff

and enjoyed the seamless process.”

- Jane E. DeJesus, RN

Conclusions Findings Introduction

Objectives

Methods

Acknowledgements

Voice of the Customer

A special thanks to UNC Family Medicine at Hillsborough, Orange Family

Medical Group, Mebane Family Practice, Rex Family Practice of

Knightdale and Wendy Avery - Clinical Coordinator - Rex Mobile

Mammography

“More convenient than going to Durham; friendly,

prompt”

“Easy, fast, very convenient-even arrived early and was

able to worked in, ladies were very knowledgeable”

“Very convenient, no wait, very nice, I was very nervous

and they made me feel comfortable.”

“Convenience is everything. This made it so I had no

excuses”

“They were great. In and out; just what I needed”

“I was very nervous but it was easy”

--Patients

References: USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening 2016, PCIC Quality Measures Reporting Guide 1

Mobile Mammography in PCIC Practices Practice Quality & Innovation, QI Coaching

Seth Stallings, Christine Reed, Ronni Booth, MBA, CSSMBB, Robb Malone, PharmD, CPP

Date Location # of Buses

March 9th UNC Family Medicine at Hillsborough 1

March 14th UNC Family Medicine at Hillsborough

Orange Family Medical Group

2

March 21st UNC Family Medicine at Hillsborough

Orange Family Medical Group

2

June 13th Mebane Family Practice 1

July 8th REX Family Practice Panther Creek 1

Sept 26th Mebane Family Practice 1