دورية أكاديمية
Assessment of Claimant, Clinical, and Financial Characteristics of Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases.
| العنوان: | Assessment of Claimant, Clinical, and Financial Characteristics of Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases. |
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| المؤلفون: | Schaffer AC; From the CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Boston, Mass (A.C.S., T.Z., J.S.E., L.S.); and Department of Medicine (A.C.S., J.S.E., L.S.) and Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology (A.D.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-422, Boston, MA 02215., Zawi T; From the CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Boston, Mass (A.C.S., T.Z., J.S.E., L.S.); and Department of Medicine (A.C.S., J.S.E., L.S.) and Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology (A.D.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-422, Boston, MA 02215., Einbinder JS; From the CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Boston, Mass (A.C.S., T.Z., J.S.E., L.S.); and Department of Medicine (A.C.S., J.S.E., L.S.) and Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology (A.D.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-422, Boston, MA 02215., Sato L; From the CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Boston, Mass (A.C.S., T.Z., J.S.E., L.S.); and Department of Medicine (A.C.S., J.S.E., L.S.) and Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology (A.D.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-422, Boston, MA 02215., Sodickson AD; From the CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Boston, Mass (A.C.S., T.Z., J.S.E., L.S.); and Department of Medicine (A.C.S., J.S.E., L.S.) and Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology (A.D.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB-B-422, Boston, MA 02215. |
| المصدر: | Radiology [Radiology] 2024 Apr; Vol. 311 (1), pp. e232806. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Radiological Society of North America Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0401260 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1527-1315 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00338419 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Radiology Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Easton, PA : Radiological Society of North America Original Publication: [Illinois?] : Radiological Society of North America, [1923]- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Teleradiology* , Telemedicine* , Radiology* , Malpractice*, Humans ; Retrospective Studies |
| مستخلص: | Background The increasing use of teleradiology has been accompanied by concerns relating to risk management and patient safety. Purpose To compare characteristics of teleradiology and nonteleradiology radiology malpractice cases and identify contributing factors underlying these cases. Materials and Methods In this retrospective analysis, a national database of medical malpractice cases was queried to identify cases involving telemedicine that closed between January 2010 and March 2022. Teleradiology malpractice cases were identified based on manual review of cases in which telemedicine was coded as one of the contributing factors. These cases were compared with nonteleradiology cases that closed during the same time period in which radiology had been determined to be the primary responsible clinical service. Claimant, clinical, and financial characteristics of the cases were recorded, and continuous or categorical data were compared using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test or Fisher exact test, respectively. Results This study included 135 teleradiology and 3474 radiology malpractices cases. The death of a patient occurred more frequently in teleradiology cases (48 of 135 [35.6%]) than in radiology cases (685 of 3474 [19.7%]; P < .001). Cerebrovascular disease was a more common final diagnosis in the teleradiology cases (13 of 135 [9.6%]) compared with the radiology cases (124 of 3474 [3.6%]; P = .002). Problems with communication among providers was a more frequent contributing factor in the teleradiology cases (35 of 135 [25.9%]) than in the radiology cases (439 of 3474 [12.6%]; P < .001). Teleradiology cases were more likely to close with indemnity payment (79 of 135 [58.5%]) than the radiology cases (1416 of 3474 [40.8%]; P < .001) and had a higher median indemnity payment than the radiology cases ($339 230 [IQR, $120 790-$731 615] vs $214 063 [IQR, $66 620-$585 424]; P = .01). Conclusion Compared with radiology cases, teleradiology cases had higher clinical and financial severity and were more likely to involve issues with communication. © RSNA, 2024 See also the editorial by Mezrich in this issue. |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240402 Date Completed: 20240403 Latest Revision: 20240403 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240403 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/radiol.232806 |
| PMID: | 38563670 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 1527-1315 |
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| DOI: | 10.1148/radiol.232806 |