Dr. Neogi has returned to the ACR Committee on Quality of Care as its new chair after years of dedicated work developing classification criteria, outcome measures and treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis, gout and other rheumatic diseases.
ACR Quality of Care Committee Impresses with Its Recent Productivity
Over the past 18 months, the ACR’s Quality of Care (QOC) Committee has helped produce an impressive number of resources that will help rheumatologists deliver the best possible care. Working through specific projects supervised under its Criteria, Guideline, Guidance, and Quality Measure subcommittees, the QOC Committee has developed new sets of disease criteria, clinical guidelines,…
The New Guidance Subcommittee Gives ACR More Document Flexibility
The ACR publishes multiple types of documents to provide guidance for its members, but some potentially beneficial topics have not fit neatly into existing production pathways. To answer the need, the ACR has formed a Guidance Subcommittee to the Quality of Care (QOC) Committee. This will allow the ACR to adapt more nimbly, when appropriate,…
Sindhu Johnson, MD, PhD, FRCPC, to Head the Committee on Quality of Care
Sindhu Johnson, MD, PhD, FRCPC, has co-chaired the classification and response criteria subcommittee and brings extensive experience in classification and guideline development to her new role.