Quality and Safety + Informatics Conference

Real Problems, Real Solutions

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Pricing

	Savers expires May 31	Early May 31 - Aug. 12	Regular Aug. 13 - Sept. 9
Member	$700	$850	$1,000
Member-in-Training	$200	$350	$500
Business Manager/Admin/Tech	$450	$600	$750
Student	$200	$350	$500
Nonmember	$900	$1,100	$1,250

Why Attend

Whether you are a radiologist, radiology executive, a resident interested in quality and safety or informatics, technologist, business manager or operations leader looking to improve efficiency, there's something for everyone at the QS+I conference. Register today and encourage your radiology team members to attend with you.

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Gain insight

Delve into the issues affecting your organization and brainstorm practical solutions with a like-minded community.

Develop connections

Network and learn from passionate problem solvers from various backgrounds

Improve communication

Walk away with strategies and tactics that can be immediately implemented at your institution.

Schedule (Pacific Time Zone)

Time	Event	Speakers
7-8am	Breakfast
8-9am	Introduction and Keynote Speaker
	Introduction	Alex Towbin, MD, FACR, and Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD
	Keynote: LI-RADS From Birth to Now: Lessons in Leadership (Non-Clinical, Leadership)	Claude Sirlin, MD
9-10:30am	Findings That Matter: Separating Signal from Noise in Imaging	Moderator: Matt Davenport, MD, MBA, FACR, FSAR, FSABI
	Ethical Considerations of For-Profit Whole-Body MRI Screening in Low-Risk Patients	Matt Davenport, MD, MBA, FACR, FSAR, FSABI
	If You Give a Mouse an EKG: Cascades Following Incidental Findings	Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH - Virtual Speaker/Panelist
	Variable Recommendations for Incidental Findings and relation to Low-Value Care	Jeff Guenette, MD, MPH
	The Collateral Damage of Incidentals	David Rosman, MD, MBA
	Panel Discussion	All
10:30-11am	COFFEE BREAK and Quality and Safety Trainee Mentor Meet-Up	Jen Broder, MD
11am-12:30pm	Improvement Science at Scale: Leadership Strategies	Moderator: Manjil Chatterji, MD
	Lessons from CQO (NY H&H /Jamaica)	Jinel Scott, MD, MBA
	Lessons from CQO (Cornell)	Manjil Chatterji, MD
	Leadership Lessons from Learning Network	Ben Wandtke, MD, MS
	Panel Discussion	All
	Scientific Abstract Presentations	Introduction: Summer Kaplan, MD
	Optimizing Ultrasound Services in the Rural Midwest	Sara Halvorsen, MHA, CPXP
12:30–1:45pm	LUNCH
1:45–3:15pm	Breakout Sessions	Moderator: Dania Daye, MD, PhD
	Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fails	Walter Wiggins, MD, PhD and Brianna Damadian, MD
	From Safety to Efficiency and High-Value Imaging: Leveraging Quality Frameworks to Transform Radiology Operations	Dania Daye, MD, PhD; Gina Greenwood, MBA, R.T.(R)(MR), CRA, FA; Brian Haas, MD
3:15-3:45pm	COFFEE BREAK and Informatics Trainee Mentor Meet-Up
3:45-5:15pm	Patient-Centered and Equitable Care	Moderator: Anand Narayan, MD
	Mammography Health Equity Learning Collaborative (ACR Learning Network)	Anand Narayan, MD, PhD
	Penn A3 for Improving Mammography Screening Percentages in Hispanic Patients in Philadelphia	Carla R. Zeballos Torrez, MD, PhD
	Improving Imaging Access and Patient Experience for Sickle Cell Care	Summer Kaplan, MD, MS
	Overview of the PACTS Toolkit	Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH
	PICK Charts to Prioritize Interventions to Improve Community Health	Lewis A. Jordan, MD, MPH
	Panel Discussion and Interactive Discussion of Problems and Solutions Identified by the Audience	All
5:15-5:30pm	End-of-Day Reflections from David Larson	David Larson, MD, MBA, FACR
	END OF SESSIONS
5:30-6:30pm	RECEPTION (Poster Presentations)

Time	Event	Speakers
7-8am	Breakfast
8-9am	Introduction and Keynote Speaker	Moderators: Alex Towbin, MD, FACR, and Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD
	Introduction	Alex Towbin, MD, FACR, and Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD
	AI: Is It the Answer? (What is the Question)	Ryan Lee, MD, MBA
	Q&A
9-10:30am	Patient Centered Radiology: Empowering Through Engagement	Moderator: Mindy Yang, MD
	Evolving Landscape of Patient-Centered Radiology: Opportunities and Challenges	Mindy Yang, MD
	Patient Centered Care in Private Practice Radiology	Jennifer Kemp, MD, FACR
	A Safety Net Hospital’s Approach to Patient Engagement and Empowerment	Sabiha Raoof MD, FACR, FCCP
	Panel Discussion	All
10:30-11am	COFFEE BREAK
11am-12:30pm	Combined Q&S + Informatics Session: AI Governance	Moderators: Gloria Hwang, MD, FSIR, and Marta Heilbrun, MD, MS
	How to Overcome the Organizational Challenges of AI Implementation in Clinical Radiology	Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD
	Shifting Gears in Imaging AI Evaluation	Jason Poff, MD
	Post-Deployment AI Monitoring: Integrating with your Quality Program	David Larson, MD, MBA, FACR
	Panel Discussion	All
	Scientific Abstract Presentation	Introduction: Summer Kaplan, MD
	AI-Driven Mammographic Positioning Quality Improvement: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in a Low Resource Setting	Georgia G. Spear, MD, MS
12:30–1:45pm	LUNCH
1:45–3:15pm	Quality and Safety Breakout Sessions
	Workforce Crisis Mitigation	Gloria Hwang, MD, FSIR, and Patricia Balthazar, MD, MPH, CIIP
	Optimizing Technology Implementation through True Vendor-Partner Relationships	Ben Wandtke, MD, MS, Shlomit Stein, MD, Jack Mehan, and Angela Adams, RN, BSN
1:45–3:15pm	Connecting the Dots: Making AI work with Interoperability	Moderator: Audrey Verde, MD PhD
	RadLex: The Radiology Dictionary	Audrey Verde, MD, PhD
	Making AI in Radiology Interoperable: Introduction to IHE and AI Profiles	Brad Genereaux, FSIIM
	Common Data (Rad)Elements: Transforming Narratives to Actionable Data	Namita Gandhi, MD, MScHI, FSAR
	Panel Discussion	All
3:15-3:45pm	COFFEE BREAK
3:45-5:15pm	Safety/Experience in a Workforce Shortage	Moderator: Jay Pahade, MD
	Patient Experience	Nelly Tan, MD
	Rad Tech Experience	Dave Facchini, MBA, BSRT (R)
	Radiologist Experience	Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, FSBI
	Panel Discussion	All
	END OF SESSIONS

Time	Event	Speakers
7-8am	Breakfast
8-9am	Introduction and Keynote Speaker	Moderators: Gloria Hwang, MD, FSIR, and Marta Heilbrun, MD, MS
	Introduction	Gloria Hwang, MD, FSIR, and Marta Heilbrun, MD, MS
	Between Worlds: Radiologists Leading Human-AI Ecosystems	Florence Doo, MD, MA
	Q&A
9-10:30am	Radiology Reporting: Beyond Words to Actionable Insights	Moderator: Seth Berkowitz, MD, FSIR
	Evolving the Radiology Report: Roads for Flying Cars	Seth Berkowitz, MD, FSIR
	CDS Hooks/CDS Interoperability	Emir Syailendra, MD, MS
	Relevance, Impact, Provenance' and Value Discernment	Alexander McKinney, MD, CI-CIIP
	Panel Discussion	All
10:30-10:45am	COFFEE BREAK
10:45am-12:15pm	Obsession With Failure: Planning for Disaster	Moderator: Lindsey S. Johnstone, MD, MS
	The Christmas Catastrophe: The Day the VPN Died	Lindsey Johnstone, MD, MS
	Safety in Clinical Artifical Intelligence	John Mongan, MD, PhD
	Using QI Methodology to Guide Disaster Planning (FEMA)	Krystal Archer-Arroyo, MD
	Panel Discussion	All
12:15–1:45pm	LUNCH
1:45–3:15pm	From Dashboards to Decisions: Data-Driven, User-Focused Radiology	Moderator: Ali Tejani, MD, CIIP
	Building Dashboards for AI Monitoring in Production	Avishkar Sharma, MD, CIIP
	Dealing with Drift	Tara Retson, MD, PhD
	ACR DSI Projects and Initiatives: Assess-AI	Ali Tejani, MD, CIIP
	Panel Discussion	All
3:15-3:45pm	Looking to the Future	Alexander J. Tobin, MD, FACR, Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, Shlomit A. Goldberg-Stein, MD, and Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR

Keynote Speakers

Claude Sirlin, MD

UC San Diego Health

Read about Dr. Sirlin

Ryan K. Lee, MD, MBA

Thomas Jefferson University

Read about Dr. Lee

Florence (Flo) Doo, MD, MA

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Read about Dr. Doo

Conference Chairs

Alexander J. Towbin, MD, FAAP, FACR, FSIIM

Alexander J. Towbin, MD, FACR

Chair of Radiology Informatics and Associate Chief of Radiology, Clinical Operations and Radiology InformaticsCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Shlomit A. Goldberg-Stein, MD

Director of AI, Northwell Radiology, Residency Program Director, Lenox Hill Hospital, Associate Professor of Radiology, Northwell/Hofstra School of Medicine

Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR

Professor of Interventional Radiology, Associate Chair of Clinical Operations, Associate Program Director of Radiology Residency, Stanford School of Medicine

Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS

Medical Director (System), Imaging Services, Quality & Patient Safety, Intermountain Health

ACR Commission Chairs

David B. Larson, MD, MBA, FACR

Chair, Commission on Quality and SafetyStanford, CA

Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, MBA, FACR

Vice Chair, Board of Chancellors and Chair, Commission on InformaticsRochester, MN

Hotel & Travel Information

Hotel

The Westin San Diego
1051 Columbia Street
San Diego, CA 92101
619-239-4500

Room rate: $279 (plus taxes & fees) single/double occupancy

Hotel reservation deadline: Aug. 8

All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. If a guest does not cancel a reservation within seventy-two (72) hours before the guest’s check-in date, then the hotel may charge the credit card one night’s room fee plus any applicable taxes.

The ACR® has reserved sleeping rooms for conference attendees; however, reservations made after Friday, Aug. 8, will be accepted on a space-available basis and may not be at the ACR group rate.

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Other Travel Information

The closest airport is San Diego International Airport (SAN). SAN is located approximately 2.0 miles from the hotel.

The Westin San Diego Bayview has a complimentary airport shuttle to San Diego International Airport (SAN).
On Request: +1 619-239-4500.

The Westin San Diego Valet Parking is currently priced at $60.

Train Station: Santa Fe Depot

Check out Visit San Diego for more information.

CME Information

2025 QS+I Program Materials

Accreditation & Credit Designation Statements

Physician Accreditation Statement

The American College of Radiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation Statement

The American College of Radiology designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™️. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Technologist Accreditation Statement

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is approved by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM) to sponsor and/or review Continuing Education programs for Radiologic Technologists and Radiation Therapists.

Technologist Credit Designation Statement

The American College of Radiology designates this educational activity as meeting the criteria for Category A credit hours of the ARRT.

Submit an Abstract

The call for abstract presentations is now closed. Accepted posters have been invited for oral or poster presentations.

Abstracts should focus on data-driven improvements based on sustainable changes in processes or systems. Authors should clearly articulate their goal, demonstrate performance using data and illustrations, and describe the most relevant interventions and learning points from the project. The committee encourages submissions detailing recent improvements as well as long-standing excellent performance.

Abstracts will be judged according to how well they meet the above criteria. Authors are encouraged to review the May 2014 Radiology article, Guide to Effective Quality Improvement Reporting in Radiology.

Abstracts will be presented during the conference on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Accepted abstracts will be made available online for conference attendees in PDF format on the electronic syllabus. Individuals whose abstracts are selected for presentation will be expected to fully register for the Quality and Safety + Informatics Conference.

General improvement stories
Patient experience
Healthcare disparities
Workflow
Service delivery
Employee experience
Pandemic response
Improving communication
Registry QI projects
Applied informatics

Sponsorship Opportunities

Exclusive opportunity. Receive high-level recognition as the presenting sponsor for the 2025 QS+I Conference.

Includes:

Opportunity to introduce keynote speaker.
Exhibitor tabletop with premium placement in conference foyer.
Seven complimentary registrations (with CME*).
Top-tier logo recognition on conference website and in digital conference promotions.
Top-tier logo recognition on applicable on-site conference signage.