caa a22 4500 606172106 CHVBK 20210128100726.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10140-014-1268-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10140-014-1268-3 Radiology medical malpractice suits in gastrointestinal radiology: prevalence, causes, and outcomes [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Baker, Shivam Shah, Shanchita Ghosh] The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence, causes, and outcomes of GI malpractice suits in a survey of 8,401 radiologists. The malpractice histories of 8,401 radiologists from 47 states were evaluated from credentialing data of all radiologists participating in the network of One Call Medical Inc. Thirty-two percent of radiologists were defendants in at least one malpractice suit. Of the 4,073 total claims, 346 (8.49%) were related to the gastrointestinal system. The most frequent primary allegations were failure to diagnose, 65.9%, and procedural complications, 17.1%. The commonest missed diagnoses were malignancy, 31.6%; pneumoperitoneum, 19.3%; and appendicitis, 14.5%. Payment to the plaintiff occurred in 75.8% of claims pertinent to cancer, 73.2% for missed pneumoperitoneum, and 62.5% related to appendicitis. Of cases in which a ruling was made in favor of the plaintiff, median payments for pneumoperitoneum was $215,000, for primary cancer $200,000, and for appendicitis $60,000. Among procedurally related errors resulting in judgment against a defending radiologist, 78.6% of claims regarding retained foreign body, 75% of barium enema cases, and 62.5% of liver biopsy resulted in a payment to the plaintiff. Among all resolved cases, the median award was $30,000 for unrecognized foreign body retention, $100,000 for barium enema complications, and $400,000 for liver biopsy complication. Of all GI malpractice claims, failure to diagnose was the most prevalent. Among them, approximately three fourths of claims related to either the diagnosis of primary cancer or for detection of a pneumoperitoneum. American Society of Emergency Radiology, 2014 Malpractice nationallicence Abdominal Imaging nationallicence Colonoscopy nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Pneumoperitoneum nationallicence Baker Stephen Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA aut Shah Shivam Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Ave, 07103, Newark, NJ, USA aut Ghosh Shanchita Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA aut Emergency Radiology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 22/2(2015-04-01), 141-145 1070-3004 22:2<141 2015 22 10140 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-014-1268-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-014-1268-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baker Stephen Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shah Shivam Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Ave, 07103, Newark, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ghosh Shanchita Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Emergency Radiology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 22/2(2015-04-01), 141-145 1070-3004 22:2<141 2015 22 10140