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Quality Improvement Committee

Quality Improvement Committee Membership

  • Will Cagle, MD; Augusta
  • Cary Burcham, Columbus
  • Andrew Dodgen, MD, Columbus
  • Matt Linam, MD, Atlanta
  • Barbara Menchan, MD, Community Member
  • Brad Weselman, MD, Atlanta

2026 Quality Improvement Committee Goals
Goal Description
  1. Antibiogram Project
    • Engage the microbiology leaders at each PHIC hospital for 2025 data
    • Annual completion data analysis with statistician
    • Expand resources on website
    • Educational campaign to drive awareness to website
    • Drive CME activities through website
    • QI project in the outpatient setting
  2. Asthma Project
    • Publish SMART Therapy and Traditional Pathway to PHIC Website
    • Education campaign to drive awareness to website
  3. Vaccine Project
    • Develop FAQs related to vaccine hesitancy
    • Develop tools to identify the re-emergency of vaccine preventable diseases
    • Fill data gap with information from CDC
  4. Respiratory Virus Forecasting
    • Engage the microbiology leaders at each PHIC hospital for 2025 data
    • Expand resources on website
    • Educational campaign to drive awareness to website
    • Provide snapshot of viruses across the state
Quality Improvement Committee Access