Hill Gregory Q, Ryu Robert K
Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia.
Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Semin Intervent Radiol. 2019 Jun;36(2):117-119. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1688425. Epub 2019 May 22.
According to a 2017 survey of 4,000 physicians across 25 different specialties in the United States, 55% of respondents report having been sued at least once, with nearly half of them having been sued multiple times. In addition, procedural specialists are far more likely to be sued. As a procedural-driven specialty, interventional radiology (IR) practitioners are subject to these statistics. While the focus of all IR practices is providing the highest quality care safely and efficiently, medical errors and complications are unavoidable. Understanding the process of medical malpractice litigation is necessary to develop strategies on how best to avoid and mitigate the hardships of the process.
根据2017年对美国25个不同专业的4000名医生进行的一项调查，55%的受访者表示至少被起诉过一次，其中近一半人被多次起诉。此外，程序专家被起诉的可能性要大得多。作为一个以程序为驱动的专业，介入放射学（IR）从业者也符合这些统计数据。虽然所有IR业务的重点都是安全、高效地提供最高质量的护理，但医疗差错和并发症是不可避免的。了解医疗事故诉讼程序对于制定如何最好地避免和减轻该过程中的困难的策略是必要的。
