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Improvement in detection of wrong-patient errors when radiologists include patient photographs in their interpretation of portable chest radiographs.
November 20, 2015
Tridandapani S, Olsen K, Bhatti P. J Digit Imaging. 2015;28(6):664-70.
This innovative pilot study found significant improvement in radiologists' ability to detect wrong-patient errors when patient photographs were provided with radiographs. The authors advocate for including photographs with portable radiographs to prevent patient mislabeling errors and augment safety.
