Dear AuntMinnie Member,
If your imaging facility performs mammography screening, you're acutely aware of the role that legal risk plays in your daily operations. Helping you reduce that risk is the subject of a new story we're featuring today in our Women's Imaging Digital Community.
In the article, staff writer Kate Madden Yee describes the types of malpractice risk that breast imaging facilities typically encounter, as well as what kinds of mammography pathology most likely leads to a missed diagnosis -- and legal action.
The story also provides advice from several breast imaging experts on steps you can take now to reduce your legal exposure. Learn more by clicking here, or visit the Women's Imaging Digital Community at women.auntminnie.com.
CT screening imbroglio
In other news, controversy over a 2006 lung cancer screening study in the New England Journal of Medicine has erupted again with news that the journal has revised its policies on financial disclosure.
The NEJM was criticized over its publication of a paper by Dr. Claudia Henschke and colleagues because the journal failed to publish disclosures provided by the authors that included financial ties to a major CT manufacturer. Now the journal is requiring all authors to submit a form listing potential financial conflicts.
Get the rest of the details by clicking here, or visit the CT Digital Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
