Quality and Safety Considerations for Adaptive Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO White Paper: ASTRO ART Safety White Paper

IJ Chetty, B Cai, MD Chuong, SL Dawes… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is the latest topic in a series of white papers
published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology addressing quality processes …

[HTML][HTML] Web-Based Cognitive Interventions on Subjective Cognitive Impairment in Cancer Survivors: A Systemic Review

Y Wang, Y Zhang, R Li, Z Sun, Q Li - International Journal of Nursing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives This narrative review explores the impact of checklists and error reporting
systems on hospital patient safety and medical errors. Methods A systematic search of …

Initial experience with an electron FLASH research extension (FLEX) for the Clinac system

K Oh, KJ Gallagher, M Hyun, D Schott… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Radiotherapy delivered at ultra‐high‐dose‐rates (≥ 40 Gy/s), that is, FLASH, has
the potential to effectively widen the therapeutic window and considerably improve the care …

Automated detection of vertebral body misalignments in orthogonal kV and MV guided radiotherapy: application to a comprehensive retrospective dataset

JA Charters, D Luximon, R Petragallo… - Biomedical Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. In image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), off-by-one vertebral body misalignments
are rare but potentially catastrophic. In this study, a novel detection method for such …

[HTML][HTML] The Effectiveness of Checklists and Error Reporting Systems in Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Medical Errors in Hospital Settings-a Narrative …

EA Chance, D Florence, IS Abdoul - International Journal of Nursing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives This narrative review explores the impact of checklists and error reporting
systems on hospital patient safety and medical errors. Methods A systematic search of …

Modernization of safety environment for a dedicated beamline for proton ocular therapy

KW Jee, JM Verburg, TA Ruggieri, M Bussière… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Proton therapy is an effective treatment for ocular melanoma, and other tumors
of the eye. The fixed horizontal beamline dedicated to ocular treatments at Massachusetts …

A script‐enabled interactive checklist document for efficient management of electronic devices in a busy multimodality radiotherapy clinic

MD Pepin, EE Brost, KA Klein, YI Garces… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Develop an efficient, interactive, and instructive checklist document for the
management of implanted electronic medical devices in a multimodality radiotherapy clinic …

Designing a Knee Self-care Checklist for Menopause Women with Knee Osteoarthritis

M Dashtian, SS Tavafian, KK Shirazi… - Journal of Education …, 2024 - jech.umsha.ac.ir
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common destructive disease of the knee
joint. The purpose of the present study was to design to psychometrically assess a checklist …

Culture of patient safety and team communication in the operating room of a university hospital in Cuba

AJJ Escauriza, JA Gellings, KR Iverson, BR Leal… - … Education-Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
Purpose Safe surgical care depends on a team's ability to communicate and function as one
unit. We utilized the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety …