Development Of Online Quality Assurance Automation Tool Smartqc For Radiotherapy Clinics

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Development of Online Quality Assurance Automation Tool "SmartQC" for Radiotherapy Clinics

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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Development of Online Quality Assurance Automation Tool "SmartQC" for Radiotherapy Clinics written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radiotherapy has existed as a clinical medical procedure since as early as 1900, and has become an essential component of modern hospitals. It is predicted that, sometime between the years 2010 and 2020, the number of patients receiving radiation therapy during their initial treatment is expected to rise by 22% from 470,000 per year to 575,000 per year. Errors in the radiotherapy process, whether it is in treatment planning or treatment delivery, can be fatal. Due to the potential for harm in radiotherapy, quality assurance and safety measures are essential elements at every stage of modern clinical workflow. As a result, efficiency in QA procedures and checks is an important issue that has significant impact on both practice and research in the field of radiotherapy. This thesis documents the design, development, and testing of SmartQC, a framework that follows a radiotherapy patient's plan from initial simulation to the beginning of treatment and automates some of the QA checks. SmartQC has different environments for different teams: dosimetrists, physicists, therapists, management, and peer review. SmartQC creates a task when a patient initially undergoes simulation CT prior to treatment. This task is passed from dosimetrist to the other teams as the treatment plan status changes and the different teams need to do their part in the planning and QA process. We have also developed two surveys to analyze possible ways to improve the efficiency of physics treatment plan QA. Survey results show that during the treatment plan check performed by the medical physicist - also known as the second check or physics check - a substantial fraction (~33%) of the average time is spent on non-physics related analysis. While the motivation for radiotherapy QA is principally about improving quality of patient care, and developing radiotherapy research tools, we also discuss the relevance of QA to radiotherapy malpractice lawsuits and related financial costs. This thesis concludes with further developments being considered as an outgrowth of this platform.

Six Sigma

Author : Mikel Harry, Ph.D.
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0385494386
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Six Sigma written by Mikel Harry, Ph.D. and published by Currency. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results. Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The darling of Wall Street, it has become the mantra of Fortune 500 boardrooms around the world because it works. What is Six Sigma? It is first and foremost a business process that enables companies to increase profits dramatically by streamlining operations, improving quality, and eliminating defects or mistakes in everything a company does, from filling out purchase orders to manufacturing airplane engines. While traditional quality programs have focused on detecting and correcting defects, Six Sigma encompasses something broader: It provides specific methods to re-create the process itself so that defects are never produced in the first place. Most companies operate at a three- to four-sigma level, where the cost of defects is roughly 20 to 30 percent of revenues. By approaching Six Sigma--fewer than one defect per 3.4 million opportunities--the cost of quality drops to less than 1 percent of sales. This is because the highest quality also results in the lowest costs. When GE reduced its costs from 20 percent to less than 10 percent, it saved a billion dollars in just two years--money that goes directly to the bottom line. This is the reason Wall Street and corporations as diverse as Sony, Ford, Nokia, Texas Instruments, Canon, Hitachi, Lockheed Martin, American Express, Toshiba, DuPont, and Polaroid have embarked on corporate-wide Six Sigma programs. Six Sigma should be of paramount importance to every forward-thinking executive and manager determined to make their company world-class in their industry.

Basic QC Practices, 4th Edition

Author : James O. Westgard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781886958302
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Basic QC Practices, 4th Edition written by James O. Westgard and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: