Interrater reliability of a near-miss risk index for incident learning systems in radiation oncology

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 429-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Mullen ◽  
Matthew Nyflot ◽  
Jing Zeng ◽  
Loucille Jordan ◽  
Patricia A. Sponseller ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
T.D. Mullen ◽  
M. Nyflot ◽  
J. Zeng ◽  
L. Jordan ◽  
P.A. Sponseller ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6Part34) ◽  
pp. 3743-3744 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Kapur ◽  
S Evans ◽  
D Brown ◽  
G Ezzell ◽  
D Hoopes ◽  
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Author(s):  
Eric C. Ford ◽  
Luis Fong de Los Santos ◽  
Todd Pawlicki ◽  
Steven Sutlief ◽  
Peter Dunscombe

Author(s):  
B. Rhieu ◽  
S.A. Terezakis ◽  
A.N. Souranis ◽  
A. Metzler ◽  
E.P. Armour ◽  
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Author(s):  
Laura Adamson ◽  
Rachael Beldham‐Collins ◽  
Jonathan Sykes ◽  
David Thwaites

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (30_suppl) ◽  
pp. 236-236
Author(s):  
Carl Nelson ◽  
Lori Ann Roy ◽  
H. James Wallace

236 Background: The Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System (RO-ILS) was initiated nationally June 2014 and is free, web-based, and currently used in more than 425 U.S. radiation facilities. RO-ILS was implemented at University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) in October 2016 to facilitate safer, higher quality care. This implementation of RO-ILS was reviewed in order to determine whether the conversion to a new reporting system at UVMMC impacted radiation incident reporting at our institution. Methods: Radiation safety reporting at UVMMC included radiation incidents submitted by radiation therapists, dosimetrists and medical physics. Prior to RO-ILS, safety/quality incidents were submitted via a specified reporting form and submissions were reviewed monthly by the Radiation Oncology Quality Committee. After implementation of RO-ILS, radiation safety incidents were entered in RO-ILS and reviewed by the UVMMC RO-ILS administrator. Radiation incidents reported prior to October 2016 were entered into RO-ILS with the initial safety incident date. Results: Between April 2014 and May 2018, 136 radiation safety incidents were reported. There was a median of 7 incidents reported per quarter, decreasing from 8 to 6 per quarter after RO-ILS was implemented. Similarly, the average incidents per quarter was 8 and decreased from 8.9 to 6.7 per quarter after RO-ILS was implemented. Radiation incident types reported prior to RO-ILS were 78% “Near Miss” events but after RO-ILS decreased to 34%, while “Operational/Process Improvement” incidents increased from 17% pre RO-ILS to 49% post RO-ILS. The rate of radiation incidents reported per new patient starting radiation (the most frequent process associated with reported radiation incidents) was 0.59% and showed no significant trends or shifts before or after implementation of RO-ILS. Conclusions: Following implementation of RO-ILS at UVMMC, reported radiation incidents per quarter and the proportion of “Near Miss” events decreased, while the percentage of “Process Improvement” submissions increased. Further training and awareness of RO-ILS is planned with the goal of increasing staff participation and more robust reporting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (27_suppl) ◽  
pp. 231-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palak Kundu ◽  
Olivia Jung ◽  
Kathy Rose ◽  
Chonlawan Khaothiemsang ◽  
Nzhde Agazaryan ◽  
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231 Background: Near miss events, defined as harm averted due to chance, are learning opportunities in radiation oncology. Psychological safety is a feature of a learning environment characterized by interpersonal risk taking. We examine the effects of near miss type and psychological safety on reporting near miss events to an incident learning system. We posit that submission likelihood will differ based on near miss types and psychological safety. Methods: We administered a survey assessing psychological safety to members of a radiation oncology department. We then presented six events for a patient with a pacemaker (PM), which requires cardiac clearance before radiation: process-based (harm averted by systematic PM check); good catch (harm averted by incidental PM check); “could” event (harm averted by chance PM absence); “almost” event (positive PM status, but no sequelae); hit (positive PM status, subsequent arrhythmia); and control (no PM, checked PM status, no sequelae). Subjects ranked each event on submission likelihood (1 = most likely, 7 = least likely), scored events based on submission likelihood by others (1 = least likely, 7 = most likely), and rated event success (1 = failure, 7 = success). ANOVA was used to assess differences in mean rank, submission likelihood, and success ratings. Regression was used to assess the relationship between psychological safety and submission likelihood. Results: The survey yielded 95 out of 127 responses (75%). Mean ranks (p < 0.0001), submission likelihood (p = .042), and success ratings (p < 0.001) differed by near miss type; psychological safety predicted likelihood of submitting the different near miss types (Table 1). 14 respondents (15%) would mind if an incident was submitted about them, while 43 respondents (45%) assume others would mind if an incident was reported related to the others (score > 4). Conclusions: Near miss events proximal to a negative outcome are more likely to be reported, though this effect may be mediated by psychological safety. [Table: see text]


2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6Part25) ◽  
pp. 433-433
Author(s):  
MJ Nyflot ◽  
AS Kusano ◽  
J Zeng ◽  
JC Carlson ◽  
A Novak ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. S129-S130
Author(s):  
W. Gao ◽  
M.J. Nyflot ◽  
M. Gensheimer ◽  
P. Sponseller ◽  
L. Jordan ◽  
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