User Testimonial
“Our field can use RO-ILS to learn from our collective practice, where the combined experiences and insights can be pooled and studied, increasing knowledge that we can all apply to improve patient care."
—Lawrence Marks, MD, FASTRO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interested in Becoming a RO-ILS Supporter?
Align with ASTRO on this important patient safety initiative and help us continue to provide an online safety data collection instrument to participants free of charge. Help us to continue to facilitate safer and higher quality care in radiation oncology by providing a mechanism for shared learning in a secure and non-punitive environment.List of RO-ILS Enrolled Practices
Participation in RO-ILS is free and provides U.S.-based practices access to a secure, web-based portal and the ability to send data to a federally listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO), Clarity PSO. Practices that have given Clarity PSO and ASTRO permission to publish their enrollment in the program are included on the RO-ILS listing.
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Latest in RO-ILS
- NEW 2024 Physicist Great Catch shares an event in which an attentive medical physicist identified an upstream error that could have resulted in a geometric miss to the wrong spinal region.
- NEW 2024 Therapist Great Catch highlights an event where a radiation therapist caught a multi-leaf collimator issue.
- NEW Three physicists and three therapists were selected as safety stars for national recognition based on their contributions to patient safety.
- Case Study 20 describes the events and contributing factors that led to an incorrect electron cutout being used for a patient’s treatment. Read the latest RO-ILS education for lessons learned and possible mitigation strategies.
Since its launch in June 2014, more than 850 facilities across the country have joined RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System® to contribute patient safety data to a national database. The mission of RO-ILS is to facilitate safer and higher quality care in radiation oncology by providing a mechanism for shared learning in a secure and non-punitive environment. Participation in RO-ILS is free thanks to the generous financial support of ASTRO, AAPM, Varian, ASRT, AAMD and Sun Nuclear Corporation. RO-ILS provides U.S.-based practices access to a secure, web-based portal and the ability to send data to a federally listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO). To learn more, watch an Introduction to RO-ILS video and contact RO-ILS staff.
Benefits to Participating:
- Contribute to a national database and collectively improve the field of radiation oncology.
- Track and review internal incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions.
- Receive legal protections from discovery afforded by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act for information that meets necessary requirements.
- Receive regular education based on events submitted throughout the country, including suggestions on how to prevent errors. See recent case studies and reports.
- Meet the requirements for up to two Improvement Activities in Medicare's Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
- Gain access to analysis tools, such as the Analysis Wizard and Dashboard, within the RO-ILS portal.
- Receive regular education and announcements about features/tools, best practices and general patient safety initiatives.
- Learn from PSO-sponsored instructional webinars.
- RO-ILS has been qualified for physicians and physicists by the American Board of Radiology in meeting the criteria for practice quality improvement (PQI), toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification Program. Access the RO-ILS PQI template.
Financial support from the following societies and corporations allows the program to be offered to practices free of charge.
