The impact of COVID-19 workflow changes on radiation oncology incident reporting.

Matthew E Volpini; Katie Lekx‐Toniolo; Robert Mahon; Lesley Buckley

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The impact of COVID-19 workflow changes on radiation oncology incident reporting.

November 2, 2022

Volpini ME, Lekx‐Toniolo K, Mahon R, et al. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022;23(11):e13742.

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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted the way that health care teams function. This study examined how COVID-19-related workflow changes affected reporting of medical errors and near misses occurring in one hospital’s radiation oncology program. After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was fewer incidents reported overall, but an increase in submissions related to poor documentation and communication.

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