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Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | September 14, 2014
From the September 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
There will be areas where there’s debate and then areas where there’s discussion — including where we’re heading in the future with clinical trials and research directions.
One keynote is focuses on safety and errors. This ties in with a program we launched in partnership with AAPM called the ROILS program (Radiation Oncology- Incident Learning System). It’s a national patient safety initiative where radiation oncology departments can enter data about the safety issues occurring at their center. There is no cost for centers to participate, and ASTRO and AAPM will aggregate and analyze the data to ensure the best radiation oncology safety procedures and processes are in place – to protect our patients as well as the entire radiation oncology treatment team.
HCBN: What is the big mission you are championing during your time leading the association?
BH: This year, our accreditation program will continue to be a big focus. I’ve been involved; however this has been a massive effort over the past few years by many ASTRO volunteers and staff. It involves accreditation of a practice. It’s ensuring that radiation oncologists and physicists maintain quality and safety, meet standards, and continue to improve their quality of practice. My own area of moving ASTRO forward is making sure we provide all of our members with a broad portfolio of meetings and venues that meet the needs of the membership. I also want to make sure that the portfolio of products that we produce continues to help improve the quality of patient care and helps our members apply those in a meaningful way.
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