Quality and safety in radiology / edited by Michael A. Bruno, Hani H. Abujudeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruno, Michael A.

Abujudeh, Hani H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiography, Medical--Management.

Radiography, Medical.

Radiography, Medical--Quality control.

Radiography, Medical--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radiology has been transformed by new imaging advances and a greater demand for imaging, along with a much lower tolerance for error as part of the Quality & Safety revolution in healthcare. With a greater emphasis on patient safety and quality in imaging practice, imaging specialists are increasingly charged with ensuring patient safety and demonstrating that everything done for patients in their care meets the highest quality and safety standards.This book offers practical guidance on understanding, creating, and implementing quality management programs in Radiology. Chapters are comprehensi

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; PART ONE: Core Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety; 1. Basic Definitions; 2. Components of a Comprehensive Radiology Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement Program; 3. Primum Non Nocere: A Few Words on the Primacy of Patient Safety; 4. Practical Quality Assurance; 5. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA); 6. Patient Perspectives on Service and Quality in Clinical Imaging; 7. Just Culture: A Shared Commitment; 8. Communication of Radiology Results; 9. Teamwork and Communication in Radiology

10. The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, and Radiology: Making the Grade11. Errors in Radiology: Why We Have to Classify Radiology Errors and How We Do It; 12. The Role of the Apology in Radiology; 13. Universal Protocols and the Checklist; 14. Peer Review in Radiology; 15. Radiation Dose in Medical Imaging: Clinical and Technological Strategies for Dose Reduction; PART TWO: Management Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety; 16. Key Performance Indicators in Radiology; 17. Six Sigma and Lean: Opportunities for Health Care to Do More and Better with Less

18. Stakeholder Management and Best Practices19. Assessing Physician Performance; 20. Predicting System Performance; 21. Control Charts and Dashboards; 22. Governmental and Outside Agencies' Influence on Radiology Quality; 23. Pay-for-Performance and Quality in Radiology; 24. ACR Appropriateness Criteria; PART THREE: Educational and Special Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety; 25. Teaching Quality and Safety to Radiology Residents and Fellows; 26. Simulation; 27. Evidence-based Radiology and Its Relationship with Quality; 28. Quality in Pediatric Imaging

29. Quality in Interventional Radiology30. Pregnancy in Radiology; 31. Afterword: Quality and Ethics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-932272-4

1-280-59516-7

9786613624994

0-19-993823-7

OCLC:

781710093