title: Key Principles in Quality and Safety in Radiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to basic concepts of quality and safety in radiology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concepts are introduced that are keys to identifying, understanding, and utilizing certain quality tools with the aim of making process improvements. Challenges, opportunities, and change drivers can be mapped from the radiology quality perspective. Best practices, informatics, and benchmarks can profoundly affect the outcome of the quality improvement initiative we all aim to achieve.
authors.affiliation: 1 Cooper University Hospital, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103.
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abujudeh
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Rathachai
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaewlai
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaqdan
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Radiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bruno
mesh_terms: D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: Hawthorne effect; change management; key quality concepts; quality and safety; quality improvement