Holding Doctors Accountable for Radiology Errors
Medical tests and scans can locate and diagnose serious illness and injuries. However, unless someone is able to correctly interpret these tests and scans, these tests have no value. When medical professionals do not interpret x-rays and other medical tests correctly, lasting injury can result. The law offices of Friedman, Domiano & Smith holds medical professionals accountable for radiology errors.
Our experienced trial lawyers have years of experience handling a broad spectrum of personal injury and medical malpractice cases. With extensive resources and relationships with highly-regarded expert radiology witnesses, we are prepared to help malpractice victims achieve the best possible results.
Types of Radiology and Medical Test Errors
We represent patients and their families who have experienced medical malpractice related to radiography or to other medical tests. These tests can include barium enema examinations, computed tomography (CT scans), computed axial tomography (CAT scans), sonograms, mammograms and magnetic resonance imagine (MRIs).
Errors related to these medical tests can lead to a delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of many different types of cancer, from brain tumors to lung cancer. While radiology errors affect each patient differently, in our experience radiology errors fall into three basic categories:
- Radiologists failed to see abnormalities in test results
- Radiologists wrongly interpreted test results as normal
- Hospitals failed to contact patients to inform them of test results
Advances in technology and modern medicine have made it possible for radiologists and other medical professionals to work remotely. In many cases, they are able to do "in home reads". In fact, many radiologists are working from other countries, like India. This change in the way tests are handled has led to an increase in medical errors.
At Friedman, Domiano & Smith, we understand that because of medical malpractice, our clients have suffered greatly. Many will never return to work. Unable to participate in the activities of daily living they once enjoyed, they deserve forceful and effective legal action that helps them achieve the best possible results.
Contact Friedman, Domiano & Smith
For more information about your rights, contact and attorney at Friedman, Domiano & Smith by calling us toll free at 866-636-8367. Consultations are free and confidential. Our law firm's main office is conveniently located in downtown Cleveland. We maintain additional offices in Ohio.
