The American College of Radiology Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care has created a Quality Experience Committee to identify quality, safety and patient experience priorities to improve patient outcomes in radiology.
According to the commission chair, James V. Rawson, MD, Quality Experience Committee members will also "explore how to incorporate the needs, wants and value of our patients and communities in the development of standards and guidelines."
Here is a list of the new officers and members and their affiliated organizations:
- Matthew Hawkins, MD. Quality Experience Committee Chair. Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta)
- Ashima Lall, MD. Quality Experience Committee Vice Chair. Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media, Pa.)
- Donna Adams. Augusta (Ga.) University Medical Center
- Gregg W. Bean, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Anne Brittain, PhD. Palmetto Health (Columbia, S.C.)
- Garry Choy, MD. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
- Jonathan Flug, MD. University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver)
- Ellen Chung, MD. Uniformed Services University of Health Services (Bethesda, Md.)
- David Gruen, MD. Stamford (Conn.) Health
- Paul Nagy, PhD. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine Technology Innovation Center (Baltimore)
- Sumir Suresh Patel, MD. Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta)
- Sabiha Raoof, MD. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center (Queens, N.Y.)
- Andrew Rivard, MD. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Al Maryah Island, United Arab Emirates)
- Lorie Stumpo, MD. Augusta (Ga.) University
- Nikhil Thaker, MD. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
To learn more about the new committee, click here.