Radiology stewardship and quality improvement: The process and costs of implementing a CT radiation dose optimization committee in a medium-sized community hospital system

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 416-422

  Siegelman, Jenifer R Q W ^a,b   Gress, Dustin A ^c  

^a William W Backus Hospital   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose audit; Joint Commission; patient safety; protocol review; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DOSE OPTIMIZATION COMMITTEE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHYSICIST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONNECTICUT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878592340     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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