New NAPRC Standards: Improving Care and Quality

1:00–1:30 pm

Value of NAPRC

• Welcome
  Moderator: Kimberly Yee, MD, FACS, White Plains, NY (No slides were used for this presentation.)
• Value of NAPRC Accreditation
  Steven Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS (I,Glasg, Eng), Westen, FL

Q&A

1:30–3:00 pm

NAPRC Standards: Additions and Changes

• Review of Key Changes
  Chapter 1 – 4 Paul Jeffers, Chicago, IL (The slides for the presentations by Paul Jeffers and Mark Whiteford were combied and are posted here.)
  Chapter 5 – Mark Whiteford, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Portland, OR
• New MRI requirements and template
  Marc Gollub, MD, FACR, New York, NY
• New QI Standard
  Muneera Kapadia, MD, FACS, Chapel Hill, NC
• Rectal Cancer Quality Measures
  David Dietz, MD, FACS, New York, NY

Q & A

3:00–3:15 pm

Afternoon Break

3:15–4:15 pm

Best Practices: Learning from Experience

• What Did the Current Standards Teach Us?
  Ron Landmann, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Jacksonville Beach, FL
• What Lessons Can Be Applied to the New Standards?
  Linda Farkas, MD, FACS, Chesapeake, VA

Q&A

4:15–4:45 pm

Preparing for Implementation: Resources and Tools to Promote Success

• Karen Stachon, Chicago, IL

4:45–5:30 pm

Q & A (No slides were used for the Q & A period.)

Moderator: Kimberly Yee, MD, FACS

• David Dietz, MD, FACS
• Linda Farkas, MD, FACS
• Marc Gollub, MD, FACR
• Paul Jeffers
• Muneera Kapadia, MD, FACS
• Ron Landmann, MD, FACS, FASCRS
• Karen Stachon
• Steven Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS (I,Glasg, Eng)
• Mark Whiteford, MD, FACS, FASCRS

5:30 pm

Adjourn