title: Fundamentals of quality and safety in diagnostic radiology.
abstract: The most fundamental aspects of quality and safety in radiology are reviewed, including a brief history of the quality and safety movement as applied to radiology, the overarching considerations of organizational culture, team building, choosing appropriate goals and metrics, and the radiologist's quality "tool kit."
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: mbruno@hmc.psu.edu.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: Just Culture; Quality management; patient safety; practice quality improvement