Improving patient safety: effects of a safety program on performance and culture in a department of radiology.

Lane F. Donnelly; Julie M. Dickerson; Martha A. Goodfriend; Stephen Muething

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Improving patient safety: effects of a safety program on performance and culture in a department of radiology.

July 29, 2009

Donnelly LF, Dickerson JM, Goodfriend MA, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;193(1):165-71.

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This study found that implementation of a comprehensive and multifaceted safety program improved reports of safety culture among pediatric radiologists.

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