A national study of the causes, consequences and amelioration of adverse events in the use of MRI, CT, and conventional radiography in Norway.
Acta Radiol
; 61(6): 830-838, 2020 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Rapid technological developments, increased complexity, and increased demand have made patient safety a challenge in radiology.PURPOSE:
To uncover the causes and consequences behind patient injury compensation claims in the use of MRI, CT, and conventional X-ray examinations, and to determine the system factors that need to be focused on in order to prevent these events. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This descriptive cross-sectional study uses data acquired from The Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation. A total of 240 cases from 2012-2016 were included.RESULTS:
According to our study, the main factors contributing to patient injury compensation claims in radiology were false-negative findings (48.7%), misinterpretation (13.1%), and "satisfaction of search" (12%). Another source of error was routines (8.7%), mainly where the patient should have been (further) examined using another modality. Other causes were related to communication (7.6%), procedures (2.9%), technical factors (2.5%), organizational and management factors (1.5%), competence (0.7%), location of the lesion (0.7%), patient factors (0.7%), false-positive findings (0.4%), and work environment (0.4%). These events led to delayed diagnosis and/or treatment in the range of 0-3650 days.CONCLUSION:
Errors of perception (false negative and "satisfaction of search") and cognitive errors (misinterpretation) were the main reasons behind patient injury compensation claims in radiology. We suggest that a combination of double-reading, specialization, increased collaboration between professionals, as well as a reduction of unnecessary examinations should be considered to reduce adverse events in radiology.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Radiologia
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Compensação e Reparação
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Erros de Diagnóstico
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Segurança do Paciente
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Radiol
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Noruega