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Healthcare disparities and models for change. [PDF]

, 2004
With Healthy People 2010 making the goal of eliminating health disparities a national priority, policymakers, researchers, medical centers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and advocacy organizations have been called on to move beyond the historic ...
Baquet, Claudia R, Bengen-Seltzer, Barbara, Carter-Pokras, Olivia   +2 more
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Patient specific quality assurance for the delivery of intensity modulated radiotherapy [PDF]

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2003
A patient specific quality assurance program has been developed to facilitate the clinical implementation of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) delivered using a micro‐multileaf collimator. The methodology includes several dosimetric tasks that are performed prior to the treatment of each patient.
Agazaryan, Nzhde, Solberg, Timothy D, DeMarco, John J   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The value of source data verification in a cancer clinical trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background Source data verification (SDV) is a resource intensive method of quality assurance frequently used in clinical trials. There is no empirical evidence to suggest that SDV would impact on comparative treatment effect results from a clinical ...
AS Therasse P, BW Morrison, C Baigent, Catrin Tudur Smith, David Cunningham, Deborah D. Stocken, EL Eisenstein, GS Buyse M, JA Lane, Janet Dunn, JL Lienard, John P. Neoptolemos, Paula Ghaneh, S Funning, Salomon M. Stemmer, Trevor Cox, VJ Favalli G   +16 more
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Integrating plan complexity and dosiomics features with deep learning in patient-specific quality assurance for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Radiation Oncology, 2023
Purpose To investigate the feasibility and performance of deep learning (DL) models combined with plan complexity (PC) and dosiomics features in the patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) for patients underwent volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT).
Ce Han, Ji Zhang, Bing Yu, Haoze Zheng, Yibo Wu, Zhixi Lin, Boda Ning, Jinling Yi, Congying Xie, Xiance Jin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Empower project : a new way of assessing and monitoring test comparability and stability [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Manufacturers and laboratories might benefit from using a modern integrated tool for quality management/assurance. The tool should not be confounded by commutability issues and focus on the intrinsic analytical quality and comparability of ...
De Grande, Linde, Goossens, Kenneth, Stöckl, Dietmar, Thienpont, Linda, Van Uytfanghe, Katleen   +4 more
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Highly efficient and sensitive patient-specific quality assurance for spot-scanned proton therapy.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The purpose of this work was to develop an end-to-end patient-specific quality assurance (QA) technique for spot-scanned proton therapy that is more sensitive and efficient than traditional approaches.
J E Johnson, C Beltran, H Wan Chan Tseung, D W Mundy, J J Kruse, T J Whitaker, M G Herman, K M Furutani   +7 more
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Reduction of systematic dosimetric uncertainties in volumetric modulated arc therapy triggered by patient-specific quality assurance

Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2022
Background and purpose: Dosimetric patient-Specific Quality Assurance (PSQA) data contain in addition to cases with alerts, many cases without alerts.
Anton Mans, Roel Rozendaal, Tomas Janssen, Eugène Damen, Jochem Kaas, Anke van Mourik, Ben Mijnheer   +6 more
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Private Accreditation as a Substitute for Direct Government Regulation in Public Health Insurance Programs: When Is It Appropriate? [PDF]

, 1994
The appropriateness of the use of private accreditation in regulating and defining the quality of health care providers under government health insurance programs is examined.
Kinney, Eleanor D.
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ACR Accreditation for Utah Valley Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Center

, 2019
Becoming an accredited clinic through the American College of Radiology (ACR) and their Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation (ROPA) program will provide third-party evaluation of patient care to ensure the best treatment possible for patients.
Manigold, Remy
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source