TABLE 1.

Radiation treatment planning performance measures

	3D				IMRT
	Compliance	Mean	Std. dev.	On‐time	Compliance	Mean	Std. dev.	On‐time
Task	($\%$)	(days)	(days)	($\%$)	(%)	(days)	(days)	($\%$)
CT sim import	100	−0.36	0.27	91.1	100	−0.34	0.34	90.0
Image fusion	82.3	0.43	1.07	40.0	90	0.45	0.71	28.9
MD contourcontour / beam setup	96.2	0.36	0.88	85.5	98	1.21	0.89	44.9
Planning	82.3	3.44	2.34	41.5	64	5.81	1.76	3.12
MD plan review	34.0	3.22	2.16	86.7	24	4.19	1.97	75.0
MD plan approval	35.4	3.22	2.21	85.7	24	4.17	2.0	75.0
Patient‐specific QA					56	5.98	2.05	32.1
Physics chart review	64.6	3.90	2.31	86.3	60	6.11	1.63	50.0

Note: Staff compliance in recording QCL completion in the EMR, the average and standard deviation in the number of days post‐CT sim to complete the QCL, and on‐time performance in completing the QCL with respect to the ideal timeline are shown for 3D and IMRT treatments.

Abbreviations: 3D, three‐dimensional; EMR, electronic medical records; IMRT, intensity‐modulated radiotherapy; QCL, quality checklist, MD: Doctor of Medicine, QA: quality assurance.