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  • Radiology
  • Medical error disclosure
  • Patient communication

Background:

  • Medical errors, including interpretation mistakes in mammography, can lead to delayed diagnoses and impact patient outcomes.
  • Effective communication regarding errors is essential for maintaining patient trust and facilitating appropriate follow-up care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate radiologists' attitudes towards disclosing a hypothetical mammography interpretation error to patients.
  • To understand what information radiologists would share and their experiences with malpractice.

Main Methods:

  • A survey was administered to 364 radiologists at seven Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium sites.
  • Participants reviewed a vignette describing a mammogram interpretation error causing delayed cancer diagnosis and responded to questions about disclosure likelihood, information sharing, and malpractice history.

Main Results:

  • 67% of surveyed radiologists responded to the disclosure vignette.
  • A significant portion (51%) would only disclose the error if directly asked by the patient, while 14% would "definitely" disclose it.
  • Disclosure content varied, with 24% opting to "not say anything further" and 15% willing to state that an error occurred.

Conclusions:

  • Radiologists demonstrated reluctance to proactively disclose a hypothetical mammography error that resulted in delayed cancer diagnosis.
  • There is a need for strategies to enhance radiologists' comfort and confidence in communicating medical errors to patients.