Radiology Noninterpretive Skills: The Requisites

Part of the highly respected Requisites series, Radiology Noninterpretive Skills, by Drs. Hani H. Abujudeh and Michael A. Bruno, is a single-volume source of timely information on all of the non-imaging aspects of radiology such as quality and safety, ethics and professionalism, and error management in radiology. Residents and radiologists preparing for the boards and recertification will find this book invaluable, as well as those practitioners wanting to broaden their knowledge and skills in this increasingly important area.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Quality, Safety and Process Improvement

1. The History and Current Status of Quality Improvement in Radiology

2. Key Concepts in Quality Improvement

3. Quality Improvement: Definition and Limitations

4. Quality Improvement Tools

5. Patient Safety

6. Quality Improvement in Radiology

7. Radiology-Related Quality Programs and Organizations

8. Highly Reliable Organizations/Systems in Healthcare and Radiology

9. The Future of Quality Assurance

Section II: Core Concepts in Radiology Non-Interpretive Skills

10. Evidence-Based Imaging

11. Patient-Centered Radiology

12. Professionalism and Ethics

13. Communication

14. Error in Radiology

15. Error Management and Reduction

16. Payment (and Accounting) for Radiology Services

17. Radiology Informatics

18. Statistical Tools and Methods

Section III: Practice-Specific and Subspecialty Radiology Topics in the Non-Interpretive Skills

19. Imaging of Pregnant and Lactating Women

20. Safe Use of Contrast Media

21. Noninterpretive Skills in Ultrasound

22. Noninterpretive Skills in MR Imaging

23. Optimizing Radiation Dose for CT

24. Interventional Radiology

25. Quality Considerations in Children

26. Emergency Radiology

Section IV: Special Topics

27. Malpractice and Radiology: A Hapless Relationship

28. Leadership: A Manifesto for the Non-Clinical Education of Radiologists Looking to Succeed in Difficult Times

29. Imaging Appropriateness Guidelines and Clinical Decision Support

30. The Internet, Social Media and Applications

Hani H Abujudeh, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, Chairman of Radiology, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan Unviersity, Camden, New Jersey and Michael A. Bruno, MD, Director of Quality and Safety; Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania