Quality assurance peer review chart rounds in 2011: A survey of academic institutions in the United States

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-595

  Lawrence, Yaacov Richard ^a,b,c   Whiton, Michal A ^a,d   Symon, Zvi ^b,c   Wuthrick, Evan J ^a,e   Doyle, Laura ^a   Harrison, Amy S ^a   Dicker, Adam P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chart rounds; Medical errors; Peer review; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURVEYS;

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; CHART ROUNDS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PEER REVIEW;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84866733230     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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