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Radiograph Interpretation Error

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•Australia and New Zealand (2)

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•Journal Article (37)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (14)

•Active Errors (29)

•Latent Errors (8)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (9)

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•Specialization of Care (1)

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•Technologic Approaches (6)

•Education and Training (6)

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•Medicine (41)

•Nursing (1)

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•Health Care Providers (39)

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•Non-Health Care Professionals (5)

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Errare humanum est: frequency of laterality errors in radiology reports.

Sangwaiya MJ, Saini S, Blake MA, Dreyer KJ, Kalra MK. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;192:W239-W244.

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Diagnostic errors with inserted tubes, lines and catheters in children.

Fuentealba I, Taylor GA. Pediatr Radiol. 2012;42:1305-1315.

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Diagnostic errors in pediatric radiology.

Taylor GA, Voss SD, Melvin PR, Graham DA. Pediatr Radiol. 2011;41:327-334.

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Disclosing harmful mammography errors to patients.

Gallagher TH, Cook AJ, Brenner RJ, et al. Radiology. 2009;253:443-452.

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Eight CT lessons that we learned the hard way: an analysis of current patterns of radiological error and discrepancy with particular emphasis on CT.

McCreadie G, Oliver TB. Clin Radiol. 2009;64:491-499; discussion 500-501.

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Accuracy of radiographic readings in the emergency department.

Petinaux B, Bhat R, Boniface K, Aristizabal J. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:18-25.

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The frequency of diagnostic errors in radiologic reports depends on the patient's age.

Diaz S, Ekberg O. Acta Radiol. 2010;51:934-938.

COMMENTARY

Application of failure mode and effect analysis in a radiology department.

Thornton E, Brook OR, Mendiratta-Lala M, Hallett DT, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2011;31:281-293.

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Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists use computer-aided detection?

Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Linver MN, Edwards AV, Papaioannou J, Stull MA. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012;198:708-716.

COMMENTARY

Profiles in patient safety: misplaced femoral line guidewire and multiple failures to detect the foreign body on chest radiography.

Lum TE, Fairbanks RJ, Pennington EC, Zwemer FL. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:658-662.

COMMENTARY

The concept of error and malpractice in radiology.

Pinto A, Brunese L, Pinto F, Reali R, Daniele S, Romano L. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2012;33:275-279.

COMMENTARY

Anatomy and pathophysiology of errors occurring in clinical radiology practice.

Brook OR, O'Connell AM, Thornton E, Eisenberg RL, Mendiratta-Lala M, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2010;30:1401-1410.

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Autopsy as a quality control measure for radiology, and vice versa.

Murken DR, Ding M, Branstetter BF IV, Nichols L. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012;199:394-401.

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Characteristics and predictors of missed opportunities in lung cancer diagnosis: an electronic health record-based study.

Singh H, Hirani K, Kadiyala H, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:3307-3315.

AUDIOVISUAL

Why even radiologists can miss a gorilla hiding in plain sight.

Spiegel A. Morning Edition. National Public Radio. February 11, 2013.

COMMENTARY

X-ray Flip.

Shapiro MJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

The Dropped Lung.

Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

Crossing the Line.

Feldman JP, Gould MK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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Errors in the MRI evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors and tumorlike lesions.

Heck RK, O'Malley AM, Kellum EL, Donovan TB, Ellzey A, Witte DA. Clin Orthop Rel Res. 2007;459:28-33.

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Missed lesions at abdominal oncologic CT: lessons learned from quality assurance.

Siewert B, Sosna J, McNamara A, Raptopoulos V, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2008;28:623-638.

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