Establishing a program to promote professionalism and effective communication in radiology.

Effective health care delivery systems rely heavily on high degrees of skill in professionalism and communication. These skills are essential to all of the missions of a successful radiology department. Until recently, there was a lack of emphasis on the importance of these issues and a lack of efforts in setting expectations and measuring performance. Herein the authors describe the components of a program implemented to promote professionalism and effective communication in their radiology department. Copyright RSNA, 2006.