Barnes & Noble Quality and Safety Radiation Oncology: Implementing Tools Best Practices for Patients, Providers, Payers at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, TN
Quality and Safety in Radiation Oncology provides an authoritative and evidencebased guide to the understanding and implementation of quality and safety procedures in radiation oncology practice. A detailed exploration and review of these standards is a necessary part of a radiation oncology professional’s competency, both in the clinical setting and at the study table while preparing for board review and MOC exams. This book is also essential for other members of the radiotherapy team, including for medical physicists implementing procedures and working with wideranging technologies and equipment and for dosimetrists and radiation therapists tailoring and carrying out safe and effective treatment plans. Chapter topics range from fundamental concepts of value and quality to specific technical consideration in the commissioning and use of equipment to the use of metrics to measure value. Chapters include perspectives on quality and safety from the patient, thirdparty payers, as well as from the federal government. Other chapters cover prospective testing of quality, training and education, error identification and analysis, incidence reporting, as well as special technology and procedures, including MRIguided radiation therapy, proton therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), quality and safety considerations in resourcelimited environments, and more. Physicians, medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses, hospital administrators, vendors and other health care professionals will find this resource an invaluable compendium of best practices in radiation oncology. KEY FEATURES: • Case examples illustrating best practices and pitfalls • Dozens of graphs, tables and figures which help illustrate and quantify the discussion of quality and safety throughout the text • Part II covers essential aspects of quality and safety procedures for the medical physicist • Includes examples of checklists to support best practices
Quality and Safety in Radiation Oncology provides an authoritative and evidencebased guide to the understanding and implementation of quality and safety procedures in radiation oncology practice. A detailed exploration and review of these standards is a necessary part of a radiation oncology professional’s competency, both in the clinical setting and at the study table while preparing for board review and MOC exams. This book is also essential for other members of the radiotherapy team, including for medical physicists implementing procedures and working with wideranging technologies and equipment and for dosimetrists and radiation therapists tailoring and carrying out safe and effective treatment plans. Chapter topics range from fundamental concepts of value and quality to specific technical consideration in the commissioning and use of equipment to the use of metrics to measure value. Chapters include perspectives on quality and safety from the patient, thirdparty payers, as well as from the federal government. Other chapters cover prospective testing of quality, training and education, error identification and analysis, incidence reporting, as well as special technology and procedures, including MRIguided radiation therapy, proton therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), quality and safety considerations in resourcelimited environments, and more. Physicians, medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses, hospital administrators, vendors and other health care professionals will find this resource an invaluable compendium of best practices in radiation oncology. KEY FEATURES: • Case examples illustrating best practices and pitfalls • Dozens of graphs, tables and figures which help illustrate and quantify the discussion of quality and safety throughout the text • Part II covers essential aspects of quality and safety procedures for the medical physicist • Includes examples of checklists to support best practices
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