RO-ILS Celebrates 10 Years

RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System launched at a congressional briefing on June 19, 2014, to fulfil a commitment of ASTRO's Target Safely campaign. This program aggregates errors, near misses and other operational issues from diverse practices across the country in a standardized, radiation oncology specific format under the auspices of the federal Patient Safety Act. The data is federally protected and confidential, giving assurances to users that the data is in safe hands. In the first decade, more than 850 facilities across the United States have enrolled in the free program, more than 37,000 events have been reported and over 60 written education resources have been released. This work is made possible by RO-ILS sponsors and supporters, RO-ILS users and RO-ILS volunteers.

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"RO-ILS has been critical to understanding and improving our departmental workflows. From the analysis tools and use of personalized tags, we can perform comprehensive analysis of incidents to ensure that we are continuously monitoring and improving our workflows. Education material from RO-ILS, including case studies and themed reports, are routinely used in our department during safety rounds and trainee education. Having access to real incidents enhances the learning experience and allows us to review our processes and procedures to ensure that we have robust safety nets."

— Elizabeth Covington, PhD
University of Michigan