Focus On: Health Care Policy and Quality. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Focus On: Health Care Policy and Quality. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Special or Theme Issue
 
• Published November 2017

Focus On: Health Care Policy and Quality.

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017;209:965-1008;W333-W334.

Radiologists play a critical role in safe diagnostic imaging and communication of test results. Articles in this special issue explore clinical and system factors that can contribute to potential failure in radiology practice. Topics covered include the need for improvements in documentation and the radiologist's role in reducing delay, uncertainty, and miscommunication.

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Improving Diagnosis in Radiology—Progress and Proposals.

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Diagnostic stewardship—leveraging the laboratory to improve antimicrobial use.

Morgan DJ, Malani P, Diekema DJ. JAMA. 2017;318:607-608.

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Systemic error in radiology.

Waite S, Scott JM, Legasto A, Kolla S, Gale B, Krupinski EA. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017;209:629-639.

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Assigning responsibility to close the loop on radiology test results.

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Communication Error in a Closed ICU

Barbara Haas, MD, PhD, and Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD

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