Total Quality in Radiology

Total Quality is a practical, proven approach to management that is successfully being applied throughout American industry-and more recently in health care organizations. Written by two authors with extensive experience in departmental leadership, problem solving, and improvement programs, this new book provides the reader with a step-by-step, practical approach for implementing total quality in a radiology department.

Sudhir Arora

PART I: THE BASICS, 1. Introduction to Total Quality Management, Introduction, Historical Perspective, Quality Assurance vs. Quality Improvement, Deming's 14 Points Applied to Radiology, 2. Creating Purpose in the Radiologic Practice, Vision, Mission, Guiding Principles, 3. Seeking Continuous Improvement, What the Customer Wants, Measurable Department Logistics, Measurable Radiologic Science, Summary, 4. Defining Process and the TQM Method, The Basic Process, FOCUS-PDCA, Total Quality Improvement Implementation Plan, 5. Mastering the Tools of TQM, Cause-and-Effect Diagram, Histogram, Pareto Chart, Scatter Diagram, Trend Chart, Control Chart, Group Task and Decision-Making Tools, Summary, 6. The Basics of Statistical Analysis, Doing It with Data, Basic Descriptive Statistics, Basic Statistics of Diagnosis, PART II: IMPLEMENTATION:, MAKING IMPROVEMENT CONTINUOUS, 7. The Process of Getting Started, Making the Transition from Business as Usual, The Fundamentals, Managing the Implementation, Pitfalls, 8. Improvement in Department Logistics, Clarifying the Mission of the Department, Tackling Excessive Patient Waiting Time, Reducing Report Turnaround Time, Improving Patient Access, Solving Revenue Problems, Pitfalls, 9. Improvement in Diagnosis and Therapeutics, Improving Breast Cancer Detection, Optimizing Magnetic Resonance Diagnosis, Cross-Functional Improvement Programs, Thoughts on Future Applications, 10. The Use of Personal Computers in the Improvement Process, Data Collection and Entry, Databases, Spreadsheets, Audits, Hardware Requirements, Appendix A: Quality Improvement Templates, Additional Readings, Index