TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical audit in European radiology
T2 - current status and recommendations for improvement endorsed by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
AU - European Society of Radiology
AU - Howlett, David C.
AU - Kumi, Paulette
AU - Kloeckner, Roman
AU - Bargallo, Nuria
AU - Baessler, Bettina
AU - Becker, Minerva
AU - Ebdon-Jackson, Steve
AU - Karoussou-Schreiner, Alexandra
AU - Loewe, Christian
AU - Sans Merce, Marta
AU - Serrallonga-Mercader, Marta
AU - Syrgiamiotis, Vasilis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Clinical audit is an important quality improvement activity and has significant benefits for patients in terms of enhanced care, safety, experience and outcomes. Clinical audit in support of radiation protection is mandated within the European Council Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD), 2013/59/Euratom. The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has recognised clinical audit as an area of particular importance in the delivery of safe and effective health care. The ESR, alongside other European organisations and professional bodies, has developed a range of clinical audit-related initiatives to support European radiology departments in developing a clinical audit infrastructure and fulfilling their legal obligations. However, work by the European Commission, the ESR and other agencies has demonstrated a persisting variability in clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe and a lack of awareness of the BSSD clinical audit requirements. In recognition of these findings, the European Commission supported the QuADRANT project, led by the ESR and in partnership with ESTRO (European Association of Radiotherapy and Oncology) and EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine). QuADRANT was a 30-month project which completed in Summer 2022, aiming to provide an overview of the status of European clinical audit and identifying barriers and challenges to clinical audit uptake and implementation. This paper summarises the current position of European radiological clinical audit and considers the barriers and challenges that exist. Reference is made to the QuADRANT project, and a range of potential solutions are suggested to enhance radiological clinical audit across Europe.
AB - Clinical audit is an important quality improvement activity and has significant benefits for patients in terms of enhanced care, safety, experience and outcomes. Clinical audit in support of radiation protection is mandated within the European Council Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD), 2013/59/Euratom. The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has recognised clinical audit as an area of particular importance in the delivery of safe and effective health care. The ESR, alongside other European organisations and professional bodies, has developed a range of clinical audit-related initiatives to support European radiology departments in developing a clinical audit infrastructure and fulfilling their legal obligations. However, work by the European Commission, the ESR and other agencies has demonstrated a persisting variability in clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe and a lack of awareness of the BSSD clinical audit requirements. In recognition of these findings, the European Commission supported the QuADRANT project, led by the ESR and in partnership with ESTRO (European Association of Radiotherapy and Oncology) and EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine). QuADRANT was a 30-month project which completed in Summer 2022, aiming to provide an overview of the status of European clinical audit and identifying barriers and challenges to clinical audit uptake and implementation. This paper summarises the current position of European radiological clinical audit and considers the barriers and challenges that exist. Reference is made to the QuADRANT project, and a range of potential solutions are suggested to enhance radiological clinical audit across Europe.
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U2 - 10.1186/s13244-023-01414-9
DO - 10.1186/s13244-023-01414-9
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85158048577
SN - 1869-4101
VL - 14
JO - Insights into Imaging
JF - Insights into Imaging
IS - 1
M1 - 71
ER -