2023 Quality and Safety + Informatics Conference

7–8am | Breakfast

8–9am | Keynote: Scaling Quality and Innovation — Kedar Mate, MD, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

• Moderator: Ben Wandtke, MD & Shlomit Stein, MD

9–10:30am | Session 1: Business Case for Equity — Moderator: Ruth Carlos, MD, MS

• Policies and Regulations Supporting Health Equity — Ruth Carlos, MD, MS
  
• Mitigating Financial Hardship as a Business Case — Gelareh Sadigh, MD
• Health Equity in Rural Populations: The Business Case — Anand Narayan, MD, PhD
• Health Equity in a Safety Net Hospital Setting — Randy Miles, MD
• Panel Discussion
• Scientific Abstract: Reduction of Rates of Unscored Orders in Imaging Clinical Decision Support — Hanna Zafar, MD
• Scientific Abstract: Assessing the Patient Experience at Outpatient Radiology Clinics in an Academic Institution — Kelly Howard, MBA, BHA, RT(R)

10:30–10:45am | Break

10:45am–12:15pm | Session 2: Data in Quality — Moderator: Rich Sharpe, MD

• Is Your System Symptomatic? How to tell — Richard Sharpe Jr, MD, MBA and Ryan Darke, MHA, LSSMBB, FACHE
• Panel Discussion
• Scientific Abstract: Imaging Order Improvement, Nuclear Medicine — Breece Perry, BS, RT(R)(N)(ARRT)
• Scientific Abstract: Assessing the Patient Experience at Outpatient Radiology Clinics in an Academic Institution — Vesta Nwankwo, MD, MHSc

12:15–1:45pm | Lunch

1:45–3:15pm | Quality and Safety Breakouts

• Health Equity: How to Design Projects and Publish — Nolan Kagetsu, MD and Efren Flores, MD
  
• Creating a Business Plan — Neville Irani, MD, Rekha Mody, MD and Amanjit Gill, MD
• How to Build a Process Control Chart — Allison Faust, BA and Ryan Darke, MHA, LSSMBB, FACHE

3:15–3:30pm | Break

3:30–5pm | Session 4: Learning Network — Moderator: Ben Wandtke, MD

• ImPower Iterations — Kandice Garcia, MS, RN
• Building Upon Learnings — Miranda J. Mares, MHI, RT(R)(QM)  
• Sustaining Improvement — Scott Robertson, PhD
• Spreading QI — Erin Panter, BSRT
• ACR Learning Network Recognition Program and What's Next — Mythreyi Chatfield, PhD
• Panel Discussion
• Scientific Abstract: Assessing the Impact of patient-friendly radiology reports on patient-centered outcomes using AI sentiment analysis — Ali Khader, MD
• Scientific Abstract: Communication of Incidental Imaging Findings on Inpatient Discharge Summaries After Implementation of Electronic Health Record Notification and Tracking System — Govind Mattay, MD, MBA

5–6pm | Reception and Poster Gallery

7–8am | Breakfast

8–9am | Keynote: Quality and Safety & Informatics - The Recipe for Success in a Learning Healthcare System — Tessa S. Cook MD, PhD, CIIP, FSIIM, FCPP

• Moderator: Nabile Safdar, MD, Ashley Prosper, MD and Susan Sotardi, MD

9–10:30am | Session 5: Real World Implementation of Clinical AI — Moderator: David Larson, MD 

• Practical Implementation and Quality Management for Internally Developed AI — Andrew Missert, PhD
• Safe AI: Where are We and Where Do We Need to Go? — Susan Sotardi, MD, MScEng
• Quality and Safety in Large-Scale Radiology AI Deployment — Axel Wismueller, MD, MSc, PhD
• Panel Discussion

10:30–10:45am | Break

10:45am–12:15pm | Session 6: ACR Informatics Activities and Projects — Moderator: Mike Tilkin, MS

• AI Transparency Challenges — Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, FACR
• AI Central: A Solution for AI Transparency — Bibb Allen, MD
  
• Panel Discussion — Laura Coombs, PhD & Chris Treml, MS; Bibb Allen, MD; Keith Dreyer, DO

10:45am–12:15pm | Session 6: Quality and Safety Breakouts

• Dissemination of Quality Improvement Work — Hanna Zafar, MD and Marta Heilbrun, MD
• Academic and Non-Academic Alignment — Gloria Hwang, MD and David Rosman, MD
• Future of RADS — Kathryn Fowler, MD and Robert Marks, MD

12:15–1:45pm | Lunch

1:45–3:15pm | Session 7: Synergy of Quality, Safety, and AI — Moderator: Nina Kottler, MD

• Computer Vision: Improved Detection with Rad+AI — Sriyesh Krishnan, MD
• NLP: Improved Report Accuracy — Sloan Miller, MD
• Setting Up Best Practices in AI — Jason Poff, MD
• Using QA and Medmal Data to Determine New Models — Ben Strong, MD
• Continuous AI Accuracy Evaluation — Walt Wiggins, MD
• Panel Discussion

3:15–3:30pm | Break

3:30–5pm | Session 8: PFCC/Quality and Safety Outro — Moderator: Arun Krishnaraj, MD

• The Joyful Triad of Healthcare Success: Building a Culture of Well-Being Today — Ian Weissman, DO, FACR
• Radiology and Population Health in the Era of AI — Jessica Porembka, MD
• Appropriateness Criteria Patient-Friendly Summaries and Animations — Nina Vincoff, MD
• Scanxiety — Sabiha Raoof, MD
• Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice — Isabel Newton, MD
• Panel Discussion
• Q&S Outro — David Larson, MD

5–6pm | Reception and Poster Gallery

7–8am | Breakfast

8–9am | Keynote: Generative AI in Radiology — Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, FACR

• Moderator: Nabile Safdar, MD, Ashley Prosper, MD and Susan Sotardi, MD 

9–10:30am | Session 9: Transformers in Radiology: Technical Overview & Early Applications — Moderator: Florence Doo, MD

• Technical Overview: Vision Transformers — Paul Yi, MD
  
• Clinical Applications and Equity of Generative AI — Hana Haver, MD
• Unlocking Potential: Future and Business Aspects of Generative AI — Woojin Kim, MD
  
• Panel Discussion

10:30–10:45am | Break

10:45am–12:15pm | Session 10: Enabling a Framework Next-Generation Assisted Reporting with an Open Data Model — Moderator: Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD

• Next-Generation Assisted Reporting: A Toolbox for Better Reporting — Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD
• FHIR Observations: Unlocking the Power of CDE Coded Content — Ali Tejani, MD
• Reporting Use Cases: Closing the Gaps and Making Connections — Brian Bialecki
• Reporting Assistance Tools: An FDA Perspective – Krishna Juluru, MD
• Panel Discussion

12:15–1:45pm | Lunch

1:45–3:15pm | Session 11: New Ethical and Regulatory Frontiers — Moderator: Shinjini Kundu, MD, PhD

• Balancing Innovation and Patient Safety — Bibb Allen, MD
• Ethical Frontiers: Technology Tools to Improve Healthcare Quality, Efficiency, and Access to Care — Patricia Balthazar, MD
• Regulation and Governance in Clinical Artificial Intelligence — John Mongan, MD
• Panelist Only: Board Certified Radiologist and Lawyer- John Smith, MD, JD
• Panelist Only: FDA Deputy Division Director, Division of Imaging Diagnostics and Software Reliability- Jana Delfino, PhD
• Full Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

3:15–3:30pm | Break

3:30–5pm | Session 12: AI Deploying and Monitoring — Moderator: William Hsu, PhD