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Informationen zum Autor Hani H. Abujudeh, MD, is Director of Quality Assurance, Department of Radiology, at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael A. Bruno, MD, is Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Director of Quality Services and Patient Safety, Department of Radiology, at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Klappentext Bringing together the various elements that comprise the quality and safety agenda for Radiology, this book serves as a thorough roadmap and resource for radiologists, technicians, and radiology managers and administrators. Zusammenfassung Bringing together the various elements that comprise the quality and safety agenda for Radiology, this book serves as a thorough roadmap and resource for radiologists, technicians, and radiology managers and administrators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors I. Core Concepts in Radiology Quality and 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 Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (RFMEA) 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 Grade 11. Errors in Radiology 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 II. Management Concepts in Radiology Quality and Safety 16. Key Performance Indicators in Radiology 17. Six Sigma and LEAN: Opportunities for Healthcare to Do More and Better with Less 18. Stakeholder Management and Best Practices 19. 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 III. Educational and Special Concepts in Radiology Quality and 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 Radiology 30. Pregnancy in Radiology Afterword: Quality and Ethics - Richard Gunderman and Jordan Swensson Index ...