Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 5, Issue 11 , Pages 1142-1149 , November 2008

IRQN Award Paper: Operational Rounds: A Practical Administrative Process to Improve Safety and Clinical Services in Radiology

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 Editor's note: The International Radiology Quality Network (IRQN) offers monthly awards for the best manuscripts submitted to the IRQN on the subject of quality improvement in radiology. An annual award recognizes the best of these articles.

PII: S1546-1440(08)00274-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.05.017

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 5, Issue 11 , Pages 1142-1149 , November 2008

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