A case study in healthcare quality management: A practical methodology for auditing total patient X-ray dose during a diagnostic procedure

Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 469-474

  Palmer, Paul ^a   Mason, Lesley ^b   Dunn, Mike ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUPA Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSAGE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; X RAYS;

AUDITING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; X-RAY DOSAGE;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 8844226097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/esda2004-58349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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