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EventuntilThe Faculty of Clinical Radiology has developed guidance on the duty of candour with the aim of providing radiologists with guidance and real-world examples on the implementation of the duty of candour. The document recognises the unique circumstances faced by radiologists and all who work in imaging. It is not possible to provide guidance for every situation, but the aim is to provide an approach which will help colleagues navigate an unfamiliar process in the best possible way for our patients and the professionals who care for them. The Royal College of Radiologists is hosting a webinar to discuss this new guidance and answer any queries. Please submit any questions in advance to guidance@rcr.ac.uk by Friday 24th June to ensure we are able to answer as many as possible. Register for the webinar
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Content ArticleThis guidance from The Royal College of Radiologists aims to provide radiologists with guidance on how to implement the duty of candour, recognising the unique circumstances they face. It includes real-world examples and provides an approach which will help radiologists navigate an unfamiliar process in the best possible way. The guidance covers: The principles of candour Why this can be difficult in a radiological context Candour in different situations (reactive and proactive candour) and departmental disclosure policies Candour processes in practice The difference between discrepancy assessment and education/Radiology Events and Learning Meetings (REALM) Specific considerations (interventional radiology and remote reporting within an imaging network).
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Content ArticleThis study in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology aimed to explore the perspectives of radiology and internal medicine residents on the desire for personal contact between radiologists and referring doctors, and the effect of improved contact on clinical practice. A radiology round was implemented, in which radiology residents travel to the internal medicine teaching service teams to discuss their inpatients and review ordered imaging. Surveys were given to both groups following nine months of implementation. The vast majority of both diagnostic radiology residents and internal medicine residents reported benefits in patient management from direct contact with the other group, leading the authors to conclude that this generation of doctors is already aware of the value of radiologists who play an active, in-person role in making clinical decisions.
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Content ArticleThe aim of this study from H R Guly was to describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. In total 57 injuries initially diagnosed as a sprained wrist had a different diagnosis (1.76% of all diagnoses of sprained wrists). This is an underestimate of the true incidence of diagnostic error. Forty two per cent of the misdiagnoses were of greenstick or torus fractures of the distal radius. Guly concluded that training for junior doctors in A&E departments should be improved—especially training in radiological interpretation. Other methods of preventing diagnostic errors by misreading of radiographs, for example, more hot reporting of radiographs by radiologists or radiographers should be considered.
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Content ArticleFor specialist treatment, Palestinians often need to be referred to a hospital outside Gaza – then apply for a travel permit. Tight budgets and restrictions mean few are granted. Int this Guardian article, one woman details the obstacles she has faced.
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Content ArticleSince January 2019, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has been the competent authority for regulating medical exposure to ionising radiation in Ireland and receives incident notifications of significant events arising from accidental or unintended medical exposures. As part of its role, HIQA is responsible for sharing lessons learned from significant events. HIQA has published an overview report on the lessons learned from notifications of significant incident events in Ireland arising from accidental or unintended medical exposures in 2019. This report provides an overview of the findings from these notifications and aims to share learnings from the investigations of these incidents.
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Content ArticleIn September 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued the report “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” which focused on the underappreciated problem of diagnostic error in medicine. This report builds on the IOM’s 2000 landmark report, “To Err is Human”, which specifically highlighted opportunities for improvement in diagnostically focused fields, such as radiology and pathology. One of the major recommendations of the report is that “health care organizations should adopt policies and practices that promote a nonpunitive culture that values open discussion and feedback on diagnostic performance”. Notably, the report emphasises the ineffectiveness of traditional approaches to evaluating medical error that focus on identifying individuals’ errors. In this article published in Radiology, Larson and colleagues review the recommendations set forth by the recent IOM report, discuss the science and theory that underlie several of those recommendations, and assess how well they fit with the current dominant approach to peer review. They also offer an alternative approach to peer review: peer feedback, learning, and improvement (or more succinctly, “peer learning”), which they believe is better aligned with the principles promoted by the IOM.
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Content ArticleThe Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) has exclusive interviews from leading figures in healthcare on their website, these podcasts focus on a variety of topics within medicine and healthcare, covering everything from mental health and paediatric care to the medical workforce crisis and patient safety. In this episode, Kaji Sritharan talks to Dr Dominic King, Health Lead of DeepMind about the role of Artificial Intelligence and the development and introduction of Digital Technologies into the NHS.
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Content ArticleThe use of checklists can help to prevent incidents and should be part of a culture of patient safety. This guidance set out by the Royal College of Radiologists highlights key considerations when writing and implementing safety checklists.
