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2004 AHRA sets sights on prevention, planning, and profit.
8/16/04 by Jonathan S. Batchelor www.auntminnie.com
BOSTON – According to Rush, the number of claims against radiologists hasn’t necessarily increased, but jury awards have gotten larger. Her research also found that the most common reasons for a patient not to sue is that they felt the provider listened, they felt they were adequately informed, and they felt the provider cared.
As such, she advocated the creation of a proactive program by breast imaging centers to establish protocols to ensure that the communication loop between the radiologist, the referring physician, and the patient is closed, and that their roles are understood by all parties. By establishing a rapport with both the patients and the referring physicians, a practice will find that the referring physicians are more apt to work with the radiologists, and the patients will be less likely to sue, Rush said.
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