Conference Proceedings
MO‐D‐105‐01: Safety Profile Assessment: A Tool for Improving Safety and Quality in Radiotherapy
P Dunscombe, D Brown, A Greener, M O'neill, S Sutlief, M Woodward, E Yorke, E Ford
Medical Physics | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1118/1.4815227
Abstract
Purpose: To develop an on‐line questionnaire‐based tool for documenting, benchmarking and improving quality and safety in radiotherapy clinics. Methods: The Safety Profile Assessment (SPA) Tool, a project of the AAPM Work Group on Prevention of Errors, was built principally on four foundations: validated survey tools from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; a published review of safety recommendations in seven recent authoritative documents; an AAPM white paper on incident learning; and the requirements for accreditation of radiation oncology practices within the ACR/ASTRO system as of 2011. The authors performed several iterations of the SPA prototype before further refinement a..
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