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•Health Care Providers (110)

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STUDY

Enhancing pediatric safety: assessing and improving resident competency in life-threatening events with a computer-based interactive resuscitation tool.

Lerner C, Gaca AM, Frush DP, et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2009;39:703-709.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACR guidance document on MR safe practices: 2013.

Kanal E, Barkovich AJ, Bell C, et al; Expert Panel on MR Safety. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013;37:501-530.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Error rate greatest in hospital radiology.

Stein R. The Washington Post. January 18, 2006:A03.

COMMENTARY

Mock trial at 2009 RSNA annual meeting: jury exonerates radiologist for failure to communicate abnormal finding—but...

Berlin L. Radiology. 2010;257:836-845.

COMMENTARY

Image Gently, Step Lightly: promoting radiation safety in pediatric interventional radiology.

Sidhu M, Goske MJ, Connolly B, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010;195:W299-W301.

STUDY

Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology.

Mazur LM, Mosaly PR, Jackson M, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;83:e571-e576.

COMMENTARY

Reaction to Dye.

Cohan R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

COMMENTARY

Profiles in patient safety: misplaced femoral line guidewire and multiple failures to detect the foreign body on chest radiography.

Lum TE, Fairbanks RJ, Pennington EC, Zwemer FL. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:658-662.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

MRI Safety Week.

MRI-Planning.com.

REVIEW

Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist.

Odle TG, Rosier N. Albuquerque, NM: American Society of Radiologic Technologists Education and Research Foundation; 2012.

STUDY

How radiation oncologists would disclose errors: results of a survey of radiation oncologists and trainees.

Evans SB, Yu JB, Chagpar A. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;84:e131-e137.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging.

Sentinel Event Alert #47. August 24, 2011.

COMMENTARY

Anatomy and pathophysiology of errors occurring in clinical radiology practice.

Brook OR, O'Connell AM, Thornton E, Eisenberg RL, Mendiratta-Lala M, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2010;30:1401-1410.

STUDY

Time trends in pulmonary embolism in the United States: evidence of overdiagnosis.

Wiener RS, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:831-837.

STUDY

Delayed or missed diagnosis of cervical spine injuries.

Platzer P, Hauswirth N, Jaindl M, Chatwani S, Vecsei V, Gaebler C. J Trauma. 2006;61:150-155.

COMMENTARY

Doctor, Don't Treat Thyself.

Rosvold EO. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

COMMENTARY

Human factors and systems engineering approach to patient safety for radiotherapy.

Rivera AJ, Karsh B-T. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008;71:S174-S177.

COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

STUDY

Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system.

Singh H, Arora HS, Vij MS, Rao R, Khan MM, Petersen LA. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:459-466.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Safety considerations for IMRT.

Moran JM, Dempsey M, Eisbruch A, et al. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2011;1(suppl 1):1-33.

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