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Quality and Safety in Imaging

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Editors:
  1. Lluís Donoso-Bach

    1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Giles W. L. Boland

    1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • Describes contemporary best practices concerning quality and safety
  • Highlights innovative IT tools to manage process and workflow
  • Addresses use of the value chain to re-engineer radiology

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)

Part of the book sub series: Diagnostic Imaging (Med Radiol Diagn Imaging)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Framing the Issues

    • Giles W.L. Boland
    Pages 3-8

  3. Guideline Development

    • Michael Bettmann, Myriam Hunink
    Pages 11-20

  4. Clinical Decision Support Tools for Order Entry

    • Laila Cochon, Ramin Khorasani
    Pages 21-34

  5. Informed Use of Medical Radiation in Diagnostic Imaging

    • Donald P. Frush
    Pages 37-48

  6. Approach to CT Dose Optimization: Role of Registries and Benchmarking

    • Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 49-60

  7. Clinical Audit

    • Jane Adam
    Pages 63-69

  8. Quality Metrics: Definition, Creation, Presentation, and Use

    • Romeo Laroya II, Ramin Khorasani
    Pages 71-82

  9. Reporting: Recommendations/Guidelines

    • Jessica G. Zarzour, Lincoln L. Berland
    Pages 85-97

  10. Structured Reporting: The Value Concept for Radiologists

    • Marta E. Heilbrun, Justin Cramer, Brian E. Chapman
    Pages 99-107

  11. Clinical Decision Support at the Radiologist Point of Care

    • Tarik K. Alkasab, Bernardo C. Bizzo, H. Benjamin Harvey
    Pages 109-118

  12. Report Communication Standards

    • Erik R. Ranschaert, Jan M. L. Bosmans
    Pages 119-134

  13. Image Interpretation

    • Angel Alberich-Bayarri
    Pages 135-143

  14. Transforming from Radiologist Peer Review Audits to Peer Learning and Improvement Approaches

    • Ronald Eisenberg, Jonathan Kruskal
    Pages 145-155

  15. IT Innovation and Big Data

    • Peter Mildenberger
    Pages 159-170

  16. Healthcare Technology Assessment of Medical Imaging Technology

    • Jaap Deinum, Gabriela Restovic, Peter Makai, Gert Jan van der Wilt, Laura Sampietro Colom
    Pages 171-183

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 185-190
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About this book

This book provides a roadmap for optimizing quality and safety within radiology practices, whether academic or private and irrespective of their national setting. All aspects of the radiology workflow are addressed, from imaging appropriateness, examination scheduling, and patient preparation through to imaging protocol optimization (including radiation dose management), modality operations, reporting (including structured reporting), and report communication. The book highlights innovative IT tools, including clinical decision support, that drive compliance with national best practice standards and guidelines. The use of big data tools to manage and enhance clinical delivery is addressed. Finally, metrics designed to measure the value that radiology brings to patient care and patient outcomes are introduced. Readers wishing to deepen their understanding of contemporary best practices regarding quality and safety will find this book to be a rich source of practical information.

Reviews

“This book provides valuable insights, ideas and incentives for radiology service improvements and, as such, may be considered a useful reference for those contemplating the radiology accreditation scheme ISAS defining quality and key performance indicators in radiology. It also provides a useful insight into potential quality improvements of the future, specifically in reporting (new tools) and education (new content).” (Peter Hiles, RAD Magazine, July, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Lluís Donoso-Bach

  • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Giles W. L. Boland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality and Safety in Imaging

  • Editors: Lluís Donoso-Bach, Giles W. L. Boland

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42578-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42576-4Published: 28 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13254-5Published: 10 December 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42578-8Published: 18 September 2018

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology

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