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 facilitate safer and higher quality care in radiation oncology. Supporters enable RO-ILS to collect data about errors and near misses in a protected environment and develop education for users and the community.
Latest in RO-ILS
- Dosimetrist Great Catch: To celebrate National Medical Dosimetrists Day, RO-ILS released a new great catch to highlight the important contributions of dosimetrists to patient safety.
- World Patient Safety Day is coming soon on Thursday, September 17. How will you be celebrating your patient safety initaitives and successes?
RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System® collects patient safety data and develops education to improve radiation therapy processes and treatments. RO-ILS provides U.S.-based practices access to a secure, online portal with analysis tools and the ability to send data to a federally listed patient safety organization (PSO) for safe keeping. 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. RO-ILS receives generous financial support from ASTRO, AAPM, Varian, ASRT, AAMD, Sun Nuclear Corporation, and other companies. Beginning in 2026, RO-ILS participants are required to pay an annual subscription fee. To learn more contact RO-ILS staff.
Benefits to Participating:
- Contribute to a national database and collectively improve the field of radiation oncology.
- Gain access to analysis tools, such as the Analysis Wizard and Dashboard, within the RO-ILS portal.
- Track and review internal incidents, near misses and other safety events.
- Receive legal protections from discovery afforded to PSO participants 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 publicly available case studies and reports.
- Exclusive access to educational events, such as RO-ILS user meetings and virtual events.
- Meet the requirements for up to two Improvement Activities in Medicare's Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
- Receive regular education and announcements about features/tools, best practices and general patient safety initiatives (e.g., ASTRO's Quality Improvement Newsletter).
- 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.
RO-ILS is grateful for the support of professional associations and corporations.
