Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the healthcare team in their respective responsibilities for quality care.
2. Describe the rationale and principles of the "Essential Test Policy" to maintain quality patient care during prolonged periods of laboratory operational delays.
3. Discuss the key components of the GI biopsy project including value, quality, safety and experience.
 

Faculty

Anne Zawacki, BSN, MPH
Coordinator, Quality Management 
Department of Pathology
Baystate Medical Center

Rahul Jawale, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology 
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Associate Pathologist 
Baystate Medical Center 

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.