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| Radiology Administrator's Compliance and Reimbursement Insider |
| June 2008 |
| Don't let chart errors lead to further medical mistakes |
| Tragedies such as wrong-site surgeries can take a healthy kidney and leave a cancerous one: this happened recently at a St. Paul, MN, hospital. Such events can happen even if the facility follows The Joint Commission's Universal ProtocolT. So what can a radiology administrator do?
Radiologists and radiology departments can take steps to avoid these terrible errors, says Alice G. Gosfield, Esq., a healthcare attorney and consultant at Alice G. Gosfield & Associates, PC, in Philadelphia. If the radiology department errs, even the best efforts afterward to follow protocols may not prevent a disaster. Surgical teams should review diagnostic images (x-rays, CTs, MRIs) to confirm the surgical site before surgery. |
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