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Radiology Malpractice

1h 4m

Created on November 30, 2015

Intermediate

Overview

Defending the radiologist in a medical malpractice action can pose unique challenges. Armed with a subsequent study evidencing the lesion, as well as an outcome, plaintiff’s attorneys and their retained experts all too often seek to persuade the jury retrospectively that there was some abnormality on earlier imaging in the same location where cancer was later diagnosed. The radiologist may also face claims that inconsistent or unexpected results were inadequately communicated through the radiology report, findings suggestive of the need for immediate or urgent intervention being untimely conveyed to the referring physician, or incomplete recommendations for follow-up. In this course, attorneys Thomas A. Mobilia and Daniel L. Freidlin discuss strategies used to defend the radiologist, and risk management approaches in preventing litigation.

 

Learning Objectives:

I.     Define the standard of care applicable to radiologists

II.    Understand potential claims and theories advanced against radiologists in medical malpractice cases

III.   Address discovery and trial evidence issues in radiology cases

IV.   Development of defense strategies to liability claims

V.    Risk management approaches

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