Efficiency and safety increases after the implementation of a multi‐institutional automated plan check tool at our institution BERRY <i> et al. </i>

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1.## INTRODUCTION Radiotherapy initial chart checks are a highly effective method of catching errors before they reach the patient but human lapses in detection are a limiting factor.[acm212845-bib-0001] It has been suggested that automating the checks would lead to higher rates of error detection[acm212845-bib-0002] and furthermore, would allow human planners and plan checkers to direct their focus away from the review of technical details and toward more thorough analysis of plan quality. Automation should also increase the efficiency of the process, which is currently very resource intensiv