Future of Quality Assurance

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Abstract Continuous quality improvement and total quality management initiatives have had positive impacts on healthcare outcomes and underlie patient safety and well-being. Quality approaches continue to be integrated across health…

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Quality Improvement in Radiology

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Abstract The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program includes four parts. The fourth part is Practice Quality Improvement (PQI). The American Board of Radiology (ABR) lists several activities from which diplomates…

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Patient Safety

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Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the principles and concepts of patient safety and quality improvement in radiology and includes commonly used methodologies for quality improvement and a discussion…

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Quality Improvement Tools

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Abstract Many industries use quality improvement methods and tools to measure and improve their processes. There has been a recent movement to apply a similar approach within the healthcare industry…

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Key Concepts in Quality Improvement

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Abstract This chapter discusses drivers, domains, and concepts of quality improvement (QI). Communicating drivers can be useful in convincing stakeholders and are often the initial step in creating a culture…

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