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Quality Improvement in Neonatal Digital Radiography: Implementing the Basic Quality Improvement Tools SEMINARS IN ULTRASOUND CT AND MRI Eslamy, H. K., Newman, B., Weinberger, E. 2014; 35 (6): 608-626

Abstract

A quality improvement (QI) program may be implemented using the plan-do-study-act cycle (as a model for making improvements) and the basic QI tools (used to visually display and analyze variation in data). Managing radiation dose has come to the forefront as a safety goal for radiology departments. This is especially true in the pediatric population, which is more radiosensitive than the adult population. In this article, we use neonatal digital radiography to discuss developing a QI program with the principle goals of decreasing the radiation dose, decreasing variation in radiation dose, and optimizing image quality.

View details for DOI 10.1053/j.sult.2014.08.002

View details for Web of Science ID 000345612100006

View details for PubMedID 25454055