… before implementing restrictions. … Alexander R, Waite S, Bruno MA, et al. Mandating limits on workload, duty, and …

… study explored whether resident performance declines as a function of consecutive overnight shifts, but results …

This commentary reviews general aspects of the disclosure movement, supportive evidence, and challenges associated with liability concerns. The authors discuss barriers unique to radiology that have hindered acceptance of the practice and highlight how communication-and-resolution programs can support radiologist participation in disclosure conversations.

This review summarizes key principles of high quality care and how they can be applied to augment radiology practice. Recommended safety improvement strategies included plan-do-study-act cycles, change management, and balanced scorecards.

This analysis of incident reports related to magnetic resonance imaging found that, similar to other settings, incident reports are infrequent, and most do not result in patient harm. Common reasons for reports were associated with test orders, adverse drug reactions, and safety of intravenous medication administration. Given known under-reporting in voluntary reporting systems, future work should incorporate other safety hazard detection methods.

… including cognitive debiasing and use of checklists. … Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. Understanding and Confronting Our Mistakes: The …

This article introduces the concept of failure mode and effect analysis, outlines the process, and discusses its use in radiologic practice.