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61. Radiology research in quality and safety: current trends and future needs. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … January 16, 2013 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice

62. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 22, 2017 - Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. January 22, 2017 Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, et al. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(7):291-9. https://psnet.ahrq…

63. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 06, 2015 - Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. May 6, 2015 Marks L, Mazur L, Chera B, Adams R. Boca Raton, FL: Productivity Press; 2015. ISBN: 9781482233643. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engineering-patient-safety-radiation-oncology…

64. Designing a safer radiology department. | PSNet
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    March 04, 2015 - June 5, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

65. Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment and Miscommunication among Specialists | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - most often related to traumatic injury or associated with underlying diseases such as malignancy. 1 Radiation … therapy to the pelvis including the prostate, as with this patient, can result in chronic radiation … therapy. … Take Home Points Pelvic radiation therapy increases the risk for adjacent tissue injury and can be … Impact of radiotherapy on surgical repair and outcome in patients with rectourethral fistula.

66. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. | PSNet
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    January 16, 2013 - Commentary Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Citation Text: Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, et al. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. …

67. Rethinking peer review: what aviation can teach radiology about performance improvement. | PSNet
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    July 01, 2017 - July 22, 2009 New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation

68. Second victim syndrome in intensive care unit healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis on types, prevalence, risk factors, and recovery time. | PSNet
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    March 24, 2019 - safety October 9, 2019 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … September 25, 2013 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload

69. Patient safety in medical imaging: a joint paper of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS). | PSNet
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    September 30, 2010 - Cancer July 31, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update.

70. MRI safety: prepare for new guidance. | PSNet
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    September 12, 2016 - May 24, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

71. Root cause analysis. | PSNet
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    June 15, 2016 - January 16, 2013 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice

72. Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are standardized? | PSNet
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    December 05, 2018 - Study Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy … Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are … This quality improvement study found that adherence to patient safety measures while providing radiation … therapy—such as verifying patient identification —increased when work processes were standardized. … An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute.

73. Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. | PSNet
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    May 04, 2016 - Book/Report Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. Citation Text: Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. M…

74. Quality initiatives: developing a radiology quality and safety program: a primer. | PSNet
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    March 04, 2015 - January 22, 2017 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice

75. Recommended responsibilities for management of MR safety. | PSNet
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    April 19, 2013 - July 31, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist.

76. Diagnostic Excellence Initiative. | PSNet
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    October 06, 2022 - July 28, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist.

77. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 30, 2008 - light of a recent analysis by the Chief Medical Officer for the United Kingdom regarding error in radiation … therapy.

78. Interventions to promote safety culture in cancer care: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    August 09, 2023 - November 29, 2023 Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years.

79. Displaying radiation exposure and cost information at order entry for outpatient diagnostic imaging: a strategy to inform clinician ordering. | PSNet
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    August 04, 2015 - Study Displaying radiation exposure and cost information at order entry for outpatient diagnostic imaging: a strategy to inform clinician ordering. Citation Text: Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, et al. Displaying radiation exposure and cost information at order entry for outpatient diagnos…

80. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 13, 2023 - Through examples of the opioid crisis in the United States and Canada, and radiation therapy in Canada