Developing a Radiation Error Scoring System to Monitor Quality Control Events in a Radiation Oncology Department

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Konski, Andre ^a   Movsas, Benjamin ^b   Konopka, MaryAnn ^a   Ma, Charlie ^a   Price, Robert ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

errors in treatment; quality improvement cycle; Radiation treatments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

EID: 57849094471     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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