Mock trial at 2009 RSNA annual meeting: Jury exonerates radiologist for failure to communicate abnormal finding--but..

Radiology. 2010 Dec;257(3):836-45. doi: 10.1148/radiol.10100927.

Abstract

On the morning of Sunday November 29, 2009, hundreds of radiologist-attendees at the Radiological Society of North America's Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting took their seats in a simulated courtroom at McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill, to witness a mock trial of a radiologist who had been accused of medical malpractice for failing to communicate to a referring physician a possibly important abnormal radiologic finding. This report is a summary of the lawsuit.

Supplemental material: http://radiology.rsna.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1148/radiol.10100927/-/DC1.

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Physician-Patient Relations*
  • Radiography
  • Radiology / standards*
  • Referral and Consultation*