Informatics Solutions to Mitigate Legal Risk Associated With Communication Failures.

Autor:	Voreis S; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Mattay G; John T. Milliken Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri., Cook T; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chief, 3-D and Advanced Imaging; Codirector, Center for Practice Transformation in Radiology; Fellowship Director, Imaging Informatics; Member, ACR Informatics Commission; Vice Chair, ACR Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care; Past Cochair, ACR Informatics Summit. Electronic address: tessa.cook@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR [J Am Coll Radiol] 2022 Jul; Vol. 19 (7), pp. 823-828. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 31.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jacr.2022.05.002
Abstrakt:	Communication failures are a documented cause of malpractice litigation against radiologists. As imaging volumes have increased, and with them the number of findings requiring further workup, radiologists are increasingly expected to communicate with ordering clinicians. However, communication may be unsuccessful for a variety of reasons that expose radiologists to potential malpractice risk. Informatics solutions have the potential to improve communication and decrease this risk. We discuss human-powered, purely automated, and hybrid approaches to closing the communications loop. In addition, we describe the Patient Test Results Information Act (Pennsylvania Act 112) and its implications for closing the loop on noncritical actionable findings. (Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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