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Compliance with the AAPM CT Clinical Practice and Joint Commission Guidelines


T Szczykutowicz

M Mahesh

K Kanal

D Cody

A Browne






T Szczykutowicz1*, M Mahesh2*, K Kanal3*, D Cody4*, A Browne5*, (1) University Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (2) Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, (3) University Washington, Seattle, WA, (4) U.T.M.D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (5) Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN

Presentations

1:45 PM : An overview of ACR, Joint Commission, and the AAPM Practice Guidelines on CT Protocol Optimization - T Szczykutowicz, Presenting Author
2:10 PM : An overview of the CT Protocol optimization team at Johns Hopkins - M Mahesh, Presenting Author
2:35 PM : An overview of the CT Protocol optimization team at The University of Washington - K Kanal, Presenting Author
3:00 PM : An overview of the CT Protocol optimization team at MD Anderson Cancer Center - D Cody, Presenting Author
3:25 PM : Diagnostic Imaging: Surveyor Education, Survey Experience, and trends - A Browne, Presenting Author

TU-FG-204-0 (Tuesday, August 2, 2016) 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM Room: 204


The role of a medical physicist involved with clinical CT activities is changing rapidly. No longer is the physicist responsible for simply ensuring scanner QA. This shift is evident by looking at the trend to regulate more and more aspects of what activities must be performed to keep a CT practice within compliance. In this symposium, new guidelines from the ACR, Joint Commission, and several states will be addressed. An overview of these regulations will be provided. Then, three speakers will provide an in-depth account of how their CT protocol Optimization team functions. Lastly, a representative from the Joint Commission will provide recent surveyor education, experience, and trend information.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the ACR, Joint Commission, and aspects of several state regulations/guidelines related to the clinical practice of CT.
2. Learn how a CT protocol optimization is organized and what tasks physicists perform from the perspective of four different institutions.


Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: T. Szczykutowicz, TPS provides CT protocols to GE Healthcare under a license agreement. TPS receives grant support from GE Healthcare.

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