Diagnostic Errors in Neuroradiology: A Message to Emergency Radiologists and Trainees

Diagnostic errors in neuroradiology are inevitable, yet potentially avoidable. Through extensive literature search, we present an up-to-date review of the psychology of human decision making and how such complex process can lead to radiologic errors. Our focus is on neuroradiology, so we augmented o...

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Published in:Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2022-05, Vol.73 (2), p.384-395
Main Authors: Hussien, Abdelmohsen Radwan, Abdellatif, Waleed, Siddique, Zaid, Mirchia, Kavya, El-Quadi, Monaliza, Hussain, Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive ability
Decision making
Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control
Diagnostic systems
Errors
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medical errors
Neuroimaging
Psychology
Radiologists
Radiology
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Summary:Diagnostic errors in neuroradiology are inevitable, yet potentially avoidable. Through extensive literature search, we present an up-to-date review of the psychology of human decision making and how such complex process can lead to radiologic errors. Our focus is on neuroradiology, so we augmented our review with multiple explanatory figures to show how different errors can reflect on real-life clinical practice. We propose a new thematic categorization of perceptual and cognitive biases in this article to simplify message delivery to our target audience: emergency/general radiologists and trainees. Additionally, we highlight individual and organizational remedy strategies to decrease error rate and potential harm.
ISSN:0846-5371
1488-2361
DOI:10.1177/08465371211025738