Fundamentals of quality and safety in diagnostic radiology

Michael A Bruno; Paul Nagy

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.028

Fundamentals of quality and safety in diagnostic radiology

J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Dec;11(12 Pt A):1115-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.028. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

Authors

Michael A Bruno¹, Paul Nagy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 25467723
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.028

Abstract

The most fundamental aspects of quality and safety in radiology are reviewed, including a brief history of the quality and safety movement as applied to radiology, the overarching considerations of organizational culture, team building, choosing appropriate goals and metrics, and the radiologist's quality "tool kit."

Keywords: Just Culture; Quality management; patient safety; practice quality improvement.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging / standards*
Models, Organizational
Organizational Culture*
Patient Safety / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Quality Improvement / standards*
Radiology / standards*
Safety Management / standards*
United States