Articles Tagged With: radiologists
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ED Malpractice Claims: Finger-Pointing, Insufficient Information
Unpacking common fact patterns observed in radiology malpractice cases.
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Analysis: Radiology Malpractice Claims Much More Likely to Involve ED Than Other Sites
After seeing what seemed like a disproportionate number of radiology malpractice claims from the ED, researchers set out to learn if this anecdotal impression was supported by hard data.
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Feeding Tube in Lung Results in Death And $5 Million Verdict From Jury
In 2008, a hospitalized 88-year-old man was given a feeding tube by a first-year resident at a hospital. An X-ray was ordered to confirm the placement of the feeding tube, but the radiologist incorrectly read the X-ray.
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PIAA: Most commonly missed or delayed diagnosis: breast cancer
Details of 2014 study from PIAA in Rockville, MD, on diagnostic errors and claims.