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Consider these risk management recommendations for what to do and what not to do when you discover a missed finding.

A patient with a potential post-operative complication should not be terminated until the complication is resolved.

A radiologist is an inevitable defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a radiology “miss,” but any physician who fails to communicate or act on a critical radiological finding is also a potential defendant.

Many radiology claims involve fragmented care and lack of reliable information with which to support clinical decisions, which leads to patient injury. Quality improvement programs (QIP) can increase patient safety, decrease liability risk and increase practice revenue.¹

The main cause of false negatives on mammograms is high breast density, which can make breast lesions more difficult to identify.¹ This is a major concern because almost half of the women screened for breast cancer are classified as having either heterogeneously dense or extremely dense breast tissue.² The American College of Radiology (ACR) recommends several breast density resources on its website.