UW News

May 10, 2007

Medical quality and radiology expert to speak May 21

Dr. Stephen Swensen, noted medical quality expert, will present a special Department of Radiology Grand Rounds: The Business Case for Quality, Monday, May 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Center. There will be a live telecast to the Harborview Medical Center Research & Training auditorium. A reception outside Hogness precedes the lecture at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.


Swensen is the Mayo Clinic director for quality and professor of radiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. He is chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Continuous Improvement Initiative Steering Committee, as well as the Mayo Clinic Quality Oversight Committee. He is nationally recognized as a teacher and researcher, particularly in the field of thoracic imaging.


In his lecture at the UW, Swensen will discuss the business perspective behind pay-for-performance initiatives and arguments for evidence-based clinical quality and safety assurance mechanisms.


Swensen will also present a resident lecture, CT Screening for Lung Cancer: More Harm than Good?, in Harborview Medical Center Radiology Nelson Conference Room. This lecture will be telecast to the UW Health Sciences RR-202 Radiology Conference Room on May 21, from noon to 1 p.m.


For more information about either event, please contact Marianne Goldin at 206-616-4143 or mgoldin@u.washington.edu.