RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System: A report from the first year of experience

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 312-318

  Hoopes, David J ^a   Dicker, Adam P ^b   Eads, Nadine L ^c   Ezzell, Gary A ^d   Fraass, Benedick A ^e   Kwiatkowski, Theresa M ^f   Lash, Kathy ^g   Patton, Gregory A ^h   Piotrowski, Tom ⁱ   Tomlinson, Cindy ^c   Ford, Eric C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Society for Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f American Association of Medical Dosimetrists   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h Compass Oncology ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Canon USA Inc   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENT LEARNING SYSTEM; INCIDENT REPORT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL ERROR; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW; HUMAN; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84940931511     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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