title: Improving patient safety in radiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Both horizontally oriented interventions (aimed at improving culture and environment in an effort to reduce the number of human errors potentially leading to patient harm) and vertically oriented (aimed at a specific area of errors) are needed to create a comprehensive safety program in radiology. Our objective is to describe horizontal interventions introduced to improve safety in radiology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Horizontal interventions--such as operational rounds with radiology leadership, safety coach programs, error prevention training, and a lessons-learned communication program--can successfully improve the safety culture and performance in radiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. lane.donnelly@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Lane F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dickerson
authors.forename: Martha A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goodfriend
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Muething
mesh_terms: D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States