Attitudes about medical malpractice: an American Society of Neuroradiology survey.

Maintenance of certification: current attitudes of members of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The maintenance of certification (MOC) process has begun in radiology, and many physicians will be affected by it. We sought to assess the compliance with and knowledge of the MOC steps by American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) members. MATERIALS AND METHODS An on-line survey was distributed via e-mail to the members of the ASNR for whom e-mail addresses were availab...

US and Canadian physicians' attitudes and experiences regarding disclosing errors to patients.

BACKGROUND Patients are often not told about harmful medical errors. The malpractice environment is considered a major determinant of physicians' willingness to disclose errors to patients. Yet, little is known about the malpractice environment's actual effect on physicians' error disclosure attitudes and experiences. METHODS Mailed survey of 2637 physicians (62.9% response rate) in the Unite...

Maintenance of certification: update on attitudes of members of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neuroradiology is in the fifth year of subspecialty recertification. New requirements for the MOC process include a PQI initiative. The purpose of this report was to survey compliance of ASNR members with the MOC process. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 12-question Internet-based survey was sent to the 2864 members of the ASNR through e-mail addresses. The survey asked question...

PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES Attitudes AboutMedical Malpractice: An American Society of Neuroradiology Survey

SUMMARY: The concern over medicolegal liability is pervasive among physicians. We sought, through an email survey to the members of the ASNR, to assess the experiencewith and attitudes about themedicolegal environment among neuroradiologists. Of 4357 physicians surveyed, 904 answered at least 1 of the questions in the survey; 449 of 904 (49.7%) had been sued: 180 (44.9%) had been sued once, 114...

Reconsidering the Harvard Medical Practice Study conclusions about the validity of medical malpractice claims.