Functions of a Mortality Committee in a Community Hospital

Abstract

To the Editor:\p=m-\X-ray technicians on the west coast of the United States were recently circularized by an organization offering memberships that authorized placing "R.T." after the name of the technician. This was to signify "Radiological Technician." These memberships were to be granted merely on application and the payment of a fee. There was nothing in the structure of the organization that would guarantee any particular competency in radiological technique on the part of the members. The consummation of this scheme would have, of course, confused the issue completely in the field of radiological technique in that, as is explained below, "R.T." has attained a well-defined meaning within the medical and hospital world. Fortunately, due to an inadequate response, the organization that considered entering into the program abandoned its plan. The American College of Radiology believes, however, that for the record and in support of the American Registry of X-Ray Technicians, which has since its inception operated under medical guidance, the dissemination of the following statement is desirable.