Thursday, January 19, 2006 Updated at 10:12 a.m.
Study shows radiology not safest place to be in hospital
This article gives a very bleak picture of radiology departments. A lot of errors in radiology occur because of misinformation or lack of information provided by clinicians ordering tests. Multiple studies have shown overuse and abuse or radiology service utilization by clinicians. We routinely see studies ordered that are not clinically indicated and try our best effort to educate the clinicians. To circumvent delay in getting a study done, clinicians frequently give incorrect clinical information to get a examination approved and done. This misinformation results in a lot of complications that we see in radiology departments.
For example, a clinician not notifying radiology about a patient with history of claustrophobia who is scheduled for MRI scan. The MRI scanner tube is narrow and a lot of patients feel claustrophobic in it. These patients then try to get of the scanner tube while the scan is going on and can hurt themselves.
2 cents form a radiologist.
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