Maximizing Value in Radiology through Quality and Safety Improvements

About This Meeting

In today's rapidly changing health care environment — with mounting concerns over health care costs — radiologists must demonstrate their commitment to quality patient care and their dedication to the highest levels of professional excellence. With quality experts from leading radiology practices across the nation as your guide, you’ll learn specific ways you can implement a successful quality and safety program.

Maximizing Value in Radiology through Quality and Safety Improvements

Date:
October 22-23, 2010

Location:
Ritz Calton
Phoenix, AZ

Reasons to Attend:

• discover how quality and safety programs are revolutionizing radiology’s future
• learn how quality and safety initiatives can improve your bottom line
• interact with leading experts in the field and network with your colleagues

Attention Arizona Radiological Society (ARS) Members
This year’s ARS Annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the ACR sponsored meeting, Maximizing Value in Radiology Through Quality & Safety Improvements. As an ARS member, you will receive a special discounted rate of 10% off the ACR meeting registration fee. The ARS Annual Meeting begins at 12:30 on October 23, 2010. Come and visit with corporate supporters, followed by lunch and keynote presentation. Please go to the Registration Tab for more information.

 

Registration Information

Rates.

Registration Type	Fee
ACR Member	$795.00
Nonmember	$995.00
Resident/Fellow	$395.00
Arizona Radiological Society Member	$715.50

Meeting Cancellation/Refund Policy

All cancellations must be made in writing and received by October 8, 2010. NO REFUNDS will be given for cancellations after October 8,2010 for no-shows.

Registration Form Information

To register online, please click here.

To register by mail or fax, please click here to download a PDF version of the registration form .Please complete all sections of the registration form and return by mail or fax.

Quality & Safety 2010
PO Box 2348
Merrifield, VA 22116-2348
FAX: 703-648-1863

For questions regarding your registration form, or if you do not receive a confirmation by e-mail within two weeks after submitting your form, please call 800-373-2204.

Arizona Radiological Members must RSVP to Patrice at 602-347-6901, fax to 602-242-2515, or email to patriceh@azmedassn.org by October 19, 2010 to attend the annual meeting and luncheon.

There is a charge of $75 for any non-ARS member who would like to attend.

 

Learning Objectives

After the course, attendees will be to:

• Explain how improving quality and safety can contribute to solving some of the quality issues that are part of the current National health care dilemma.
• Develop specific ways to improve safety within a radiology department.
• Identify the importance of appropriate radiologic imaging, and how to implement improvements in this area
• Describe how to apply basic quality improvement tools within a radiology department.
• Recognize critical indicators of professional performance, and understand how to implement improvement programs within your department.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Time	Lecture Topic	Speaker
6:00 am - 6:55 am	Breakfast
7:00 am	Welcome and Introductions	C. Daniel Johnson, MD, Program Chair
7:05 am - 7:25 am	The 5 Wishes of a Radiology Patient: Our Imperative for Change	Stephen J. Swensen, MD
7:25 am - 7:45 am	Quality Programs in Radiology:  An Overview	C. Daniel Johnson, MD
7:45 am - 10:25 am	Safety Session	Moderator:  Catherine C. Roberts, MD
7:45 am - 8:00 am	Promoting a Culture of Safety	Catherine C. Roberts, MD
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Seeking Zero Defects	Lucy W. Glenn, MD
8:15 am - 8:35 am	BREAK
8:35 am - 8:50 am	Contrast Challenges & Complications	Catherine C. Roberts, MD
8:50 am - 9:05 am	The Power of Transparency	Stephen J. Swensen, MD
9:05 am - 9:20 am	Procedural Pause	Catherine C. Roberts, MD
9:20 am - 9:35 am	Online Safety Event Reporting Form (SERF)	C. Daniel Johnson, MD
9:35 am - 9:50 am	Critical Results & Critical Tests	Catherine C. Roberts, MD
9:50 am - 10:10 am	Q and A
10:10 am - 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am - 12:15 pm	Utilization Session	Moderator:  C. Craig Blackmore MD
10:30 am - 10:50 am	"Just do it" Radiology: Our Biggest Source of Harm	Stephen J. Swensen, MD
10:50 am - 11:10 am	What We Need to do to Improve Utilization?	C. Craig Blackmore, MD
11:10 am - 11:30 am	How to Implement Appropriate Utilization?	C. Craig Blackmore, MD
11:30 am - 11:50 pm	Proferred Papers	Moderator: C. Daniel Johnson, MD
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Developing an evidence-based interdisciplinary program to optimize utilization of CT scans for pulmonary embolism in an academic medical center	Michael Bruno, MD
11:40 am - 11:50 am	Comparison of ER head CT findings with MRI done within 48 hours of hospital admission	F.G. Moser, MD
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	A fully automated database for radiation dose and quality assurance monitoring	W. Pavlicek, MD
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Does an annual faculty/resident meeting decrease the number and type of major discrepancy from a resident’s overnight preliminary report?	Keith Kwok, MD
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm	Collaborative process improvement in acute stroke evaluation and management: a radiological perspective	Jonathan Flug, MD, MBA
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	Improving CT scan quality through the evaluation of dose, BMI and quantum mottle	C.P. Daignault, MD
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm	An automated, enterprise-wide solution for archiving and reporting CT radiation dose estimates	Tessa S. Cook, MD
12:40 pm - 12:50 pm	The use of a CT radiation dose monitoring tool (VALKYRIE) to effect quality improvement in practice	Keith Hentel, MD

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Time	Lecture Topic	Speaker
6:00 am - 6:55 am	Continental Breakfast
7:00 am	Welcome
7:05 am - 8:45 am	Process Improvement Session	Moderator:  Lucy W. Glenn MD
7:05 am - 7:25 am	Six Sigma Applied to Radiology	Karl N. Krecke, MD
7:25 am - 7:45 am	Lean Tools Applied to Radiology	Lucy W. Glenn, MD
7:45 am - 8:05 am	The Quality Construct: 4 Cornerstones for Success	Stephen J. Swensen, MD
8:05 am - 8:25 am	Maintaining the Gains and Take Home Tools	Lucy W. Glenn, MD
8:25 am - 8:45 am	Q and A
8:45 am - 9:05 am	BREAK
9:05 am - 12:20 pm	Professional Outcomes Session	Moderator:  David M. Paushter MD
9:05 am - 9:25 am	Professional Outcomes: Proving our worth	C. Craig Blackmore, MD
9:25 am - 9:45 am	ACR Special Presentation: NRDR Database and Dose Registry Index	Mythreyi Chatfield
9:45 am - 10:15 am	Critical Indicators of Radiologist Performance:1	David M. Paushter, MD
10:15 am - 10:35 am	Critical Indicators of Radiologist Performance:2	Karl N. Krecke, MD
10:35 am - 10:55 am	Professionalism	David M. Paushter, MD
10:55 am - 11:15 am	Q and A
11:15 am - 12:35 am	Proferred Papers	Moderator: C. Daniel Johnson, MD
11:15 am - 11:25 am	Material revisions and missed cases - quality improvement made simple	Peter Kalina, MD
11:25 am - 11:35 am	EImage interpretation discrepancy rates measured by external peer review	Christopher Merritt, MD
11:35 am - 11:45 am	Improving patient satisfaction and trust in the radiology department with evidence based informed consent	Michael Young, MD
11:45 am - 11:55 am	Developing quality and safety metrics for radiology residents and fellows	Jason Itri, MD, PhD
11:55 am - 12:05 pm	Integrating social networking and information visualization in modality management	Paul Nagy, PhD
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm	Radiology quality assurance that evalutes patient outcomes with report quality and accuracy	Timothy Myers, MD
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Maximizing key performances in radiology using six sigma	Li Zhang
12:25 pm - 12:35 pm	Comparative analysis of MRI safety standards	Tobias Gilk
12:35 pm	Meeting Adjourns

 

Faculty

The ACR has assembled a faculty of the nation’s finest experts in quality and safety. Get to know a little about each of our faculty members before the meeting.

C. Daniel Johnson, MD, Program Chair
Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine
Chair, Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale AZ

Stephen J. Swensen, MD, MMM, FACR
Mayo Clinic Director for Quality
Professor of Radiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester MN

Catherine C. Roberts, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale AZ

Lucy W. Glenn, MD
Chief, Department of Radiology
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle WA

Mythreyi Chatfield, PhD
Director of Data Registries
American College of Radiology
Reston VA

C. Craig Blackmore, MD, MPH
Scientific Director, Center for Healthcare Solutions
Department of Radiology
Virginia Mason Main Center
Seattle WA

Karl N. Krecke, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine
Vice Chair, Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester MN

David M. Paushter, MD
Professor of Radiology
Vice Chair, Operations
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago IL

 

Hotel, Travel, & Local Information

ACR has negotiated preferred rates at the Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix for hotel accommodations, with American Airlines for air travel, and with Enterprise Rent-a-Car for car rental. For reservations, please see the information and instructions below. General information about ground transportation, local attractions and ADA assistance, is also provided below.

Hotel Overview

The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix is a premier hotel in the Southwest, nestled in the heart of the city's shopping, dining and financial district. Planted firmly in the Salt River Valley, or "Valley of the Sun", Phoenix, Arizona is surrounded by a series of stunning desert mountain ranges, including South Mountain Park, the largest metropolitan park on Earth.  Called “Hoozdo” in the Navajo language, meaning “this place is hot,” Phoenix, also has some of the highest seasonal temperatures anywhere in the world.

Hotel Reservation Information

Room rate: $169 single/double (plus tax/service charge per night)

Reservation Deadlines: The ACR has reserved sleeping rooms for meeting attendees. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and the ACR cannot guarantee that rooms will be available after the reservation deadline of Friday, September 24, 2010.

Reservations made after Friday, September 24, 2010 will be accepted on a space available basis and may not be at the ACR room rate.

Deposit: First night room deposit or guarantee with a major credit card.

Cancellation: If you wish to cancel your reservation, please notify the hotel at least 72 hours before arrival to avoid paying for one night of accommodations, plus taxes,

Airline Information

American Airlines is pleased to offer a group travel discount of 5% off the lowest applicable, eligible fare for travel to your events and meetings. For reservations, call Meeting Services at 1-800-433-1790 from anywhere in the United States or Canada, seven days a week, from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight (Central Time), and refer to the authorization number A1410SS.  Reservations for the hearing and speech impaired are also available at 1-800-543-1586.  There is a $20.00USD reservations service fee for tickets issued through AA reservations, and a $30.00USD ticketing fee for tickets issued at the airport.  (Please note: The STARFile number cannot be applied online for discounts).

Car Rental

Special fares have been negotiated with Enterprise rental car.  Attendees may book online at www.enterprise.com   Select the date, time and location of the rental and enter 16MT127 in the field where it states “Optional: Coupon, Customer or Corporate Number.”  Click search and you will be prompted for a PIN number.  The PIN is AME.

American’s with Disability Act

If you need auxiliary aids or services, as identified in the American with Disabilities Act, please contact Michelle Bourke at (800) 227-5463 ext. 4322.