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Drs. Saiful Huq and Bruce Thomadsen have described to me that as the task group members assessed the state of radiotherapy circa 2005, they concluded that the radiotherapy process had evolved significantly in recent decades with much more information feeding into a more‐complex decision process and...

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Published in:Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2019-11, Vol.20 (11), p.4-5
Main Author: Halvorsen, Per
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Algorithms
Endorsements
Failure
Health physics
Humans
Leadership
Models, Organizational
Oncology
Physicists
Physics
Planning
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Control
Quality management
Radiation Oncology - methods
Radiation Oncology - standards
Radiation therapy
Risk Assessment - methods
Software
United States
Workflow
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Summary:Drs. Saiful Huq and Bruce Thomadsen have described to me that as the task group members assessed the state of radiotherapy circa 2005, they concluded that the radiotherapy process had evolved significantly in recent decades with much more information feeding into a more‐complex decision process and the attendant complexity of hand‐offs between team members. The TG‐100 report recommends the adoption of three mature risk analysis tools toward risk‐informed development of radiotherapy quality management programs: process mapping, failure modes and effects analysis, and fault tree analysis. The result would be a more robust practice that is well‐positioned to safely adopt new treatment approaches and technologies into their clinic, with a stronger safety culture facilitated by the team approach inherent in risk‐informed quality management.
ISSN:1526-9914
1526-9914
DOI:10.1002/acm2.12753