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Usage of an Electronic Database and Checklist System for Improvement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisition
- Source :
- Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 47:152-155
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Purpose To determine whether implementation of an easily accessible electronic database promotes significant reporting of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition errors. Additionally, we wanted to see if analysis of the error reports could be used to create a comprehensive checklist to avoid the most common errors. Methods A new, simple, and efficient electronic database reporting system was written in-house and implemented at our institution. Over the course of 4 months, the use of this database enabled collection and analysis of sufficient data for trend analysis. A simple 4-point checklist for MRI technologist use was developed based on the most commonly reported errors. Reported MRI acquisition error rates were collected and analyzed thereafter. Results By the first full month of implementation, MRI scan error reporting increased from a previous negligible baseline rate to 3.03%. The comprehensive checklist was based on the 4 most common issues reported. Verification of checklist use showed that adherence to this requirement averaged greater than 94%. Immediately following roll out of the checklist, the percentage of errors reported fell to 1.7% with a continued decline in error reports thereafter. An approximately 60% reduction in errors in the last month of the study was evident as compared to the first month of data collection. Conclusions The use of an efficient error reporting system and implementation of a checklist based on the most common MRI acquisition errors results in a substantial decrease in the baseline MRI acquisition error rates.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Data collection
Databases, Factual
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
Efficiency, Organizational
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Quality Improvement
Checklist
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Error reporting
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Medical physics
Electronic database
Diagnostic Errors
business
Mri scan
Reporting system
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03630188
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....39bc5baa7659174d7d462952d8abac27