Quality initiatives: Developing a radiology quality and safety program: A primer

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 951-959

  Johnson, C Daniel ^a   Krecke, Karl N ^b   Miranda, Rafael ^a   Roberts, Catherine C ^a   Denham, Charles ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Texas Medical Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349577998     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.294095006     Document Type: Article

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