Everyone who works in the medical field can have mistakes happen to them, it makes us human. The thing that makes it negligence is when that mistakes happens over and over, or you try to cover up your mistake instead of making it known. Negligence means you fail to take proper care in a situation. In radiation many things can go wrong, for example the patient you are going to see needs an x-ray of the right hand and you x-ray the left hand, but you don't alert anyone of the mistake you made that is considered negligence. May people fail to realize the implications that come with a small error can cause a chain reaction. This is one of the challenges in this profession. This is my research topic to investigate the negligence within in radiology, …show more content…
One of the most common mistakes is to missed diagnosed. "Failure to diagnose has been determined to be the number-one reason that radiologists get sued; 75% of radiology lawsuits allege failure to diagnose or failure to communicate in a timely manner." (Jones, S. (2011, May 11). With this being said, this is why the radiology program is two years and also you have to pass your boards in order to practice radiology in a hospital. " Not much of radiology is taught at undergraduate level in our medical colleges. As a result of this, a sizeable number of medical practitioners are not acquainted with the nuances of imaging modalities." (Sohoni, C. A. (2013, March 23). When you give an incorrect diagnosis or failure to diagnose and they decide to sue you this can lead to medical malpractice which means in other words negligence. When there is a case of negligence they have to prove the following steps, duty of care owned by the RT, breach of duty occurred by the RT, cause of injury due to negligence of RT and the injury actually occurring. Also the standard of care is often questions if you provide the same attention and care to all of your patients. This is a multistep system that reveals the truth of most scenarios. An example of this would be "The radiologist owed a duty of care to the patient and breached this duty when he failed to notify him of his abnormal X-ray." (Berlin, L. M. (2010,
Radiologic technology is a satisfying and rewarding career. It is a technical and refined science. As a radiological technologist, there are many essential duties and responsibilities that have to be fulfilled in order to be a good one. First of all, radiological technologists have to maintain a well-mannered and professional behavior when gathering information. They have to assure their patients that they are in good hands therefore; they give patients the uppermost quality of care and services. Second of all, the main responsibility of a healthcare provider is to keep all knowledge of a patient’s health record confidential or secluded. That means radiological technologists cannot talk about patients at home or with friends and classmates
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US, right behind heart disease and cancer. More than 200,000 people die annually as a result of diagnostic mistakes and negligence by healthcare professionals (Washingtonpost, 2016). In the healthcare industry, even the smallest mistakes and oversight could lead to severe consequences for both the patient and professionals. A healthcare professional would be held liable for any discrepancies that causes harm. The following case will analyze the ethical issue and negligence that lead to the death of an elderly woman.
One of the problems with malpractice is that sometimes we have a hard time recognizing it. We may not know what exactly constitutes medical malpractice, or what qualifies as medical malpractice. Even worse, we often don't know what our course of action should
The most important factor is to show the patient the organization’s responsibility in the error and to inform them that the hospital is going to offer the necessary healthcare in case the patient gets sicker as a result of the radiation overdose.
The main objective of healthcare professionals is to provide the best quality of patient care and the highest level of patient safety. To achieve that objective, there are many organizations that help improve the quality of care. One of the best examples is the Joint Commission. Unfortunately, the healthcare system is not free from total risks. In healthcare activities, there are possible errors, mistakes, near miss and adverse events. All of those negative events are preventable. But, it is clear that errors caused in healthcare result in thousands of deaths in the United States.
A second issue is malpractice. Malpractice issues are always present in an unstable environment where patients will seek to remedy an incident if they feel they have been harmed (Hamric, 2009). It is important to always act in a reasonable way as a health care clinician but unfortunately there are always those who are negligent in their actions as practitioners.
Causes of major medical errors have many different factors and influences. This includes why the patient was being seen to allow such an error, what medical guideline or guideline’s that where not followed that caused the error, what could have been done by staff members to prevent the error, etc. When errors take place, repercussions follow such as the cost incurred to the patient or patient family members, fines the medical worker must pay, and most importantly what is the patients status/prognosis. Not all patients prevail and make it through such awful medical errors.
Medical Malpractice consists of negligence committed by a medical professional. There are many possible events that can occur in the practice of medicine. When physician make a medical error it could possible result in an injury. We often put our faith in doctor to make the right medical decision for us. However, medical malpractice does not always hold up since some patient can take advance of the system. There are some defenses that exist when talking about the medical malpractice.
The consequences of medical malpractice can be devastating: paralysis, brain damage, cognitive deficits, loss of limbs, organ failure, permanent disabilities, and death are some of the outcomes.
-- Misdiagnosing a patient is very serious, it could lead to consequences. When a doctor's diagnosis error leads to incorrect treatment, delayed treatment, or no treatment at all, a patient's condition can be made much worse, and they may even die.
On the other hand, it is the right of the patient to know the real problem, and get the medical care that he/she deserves. Especially in case of radiologic procedures, the patient has no way of determining whether the procedures have been performed properly or not. The consequence of the misdiagnosis by a doctor can even be life-threatening for the patient, if the appropriate medical care is not provided at the correct time. Expected Ethical
I reviewed the article “Perceptual error and the culture of open disclosure in Australian radiology”. This article gives a slightly different view with regard to the use of second opinions for reducing medical errors. In Australia they have what is called open disclosure in which patient undergoing diagnostic procedures have all of the films made available to them. The thought of this being that the films can then be carried with the patient to other practitioners who have the ability to review the films and they do not need to rely on the initial read of the radiologist. This is in essence is a second opinion and defecto.
Medical malpractice happens when a hospital, doctor or other health care professional, perform negligence through their practice and causes an injury to a patient, it may be the result of mistakes in diagnosis, management and after care or health management. (Podgers, 2007)
It is human nature to make mistakes; however, mistakes that cause harm to someone else could be considered negligence. In the case with Mr. Benson in the Neighborhood Newspaper article, a mistake was made that was irreversible. He went into the hospital to have his leg amputated, and the doctor amputated the wrong leg. The question is was the doctor negligent in his practice? Is the amputation of the wrong leg considered to be malpractice on the doctor’s part? This paper will differentiate between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. After differentiating between these terms, it will be determined if the doctor operating on Mr. Benson was considered to be negligent, gross negligent or was this mistake malpractice.
Inexperience and ignorance are two factors that can result in unintentional harm to a patient. For instance, foolish mistakes made out of