title: Quality improvement in interventional radiology: an opportunity to demonstrate value and improve patient-centered care.
abstract: The changing healthcare environment offers an opportunity for interventional radiology (IR) to showcase its value-specifically, to demonstrate that IR often offers the better, safer, faster, and less expensive treatment option for various clinical scenarios. The best way to demonstrate the value of IR now and to maintain this value in the future is through implementation of patient-centered care built on standardized care delivery, continuous quality improvement, and effective team dynamics.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1479, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. jsteele1@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: Manrita K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Swensen
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*