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- Title
See something, say something: the coroner's perspective.
- Authors
Lee, Kristal; Tapia, Kriscia; Suleiman, Mo'ayyad E.; Ekpo, Ernest
- Abstract
The communicating safely policy, publicised by the catchphrase See Something, Say Something was released by the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia in 2019. It was developed to support medical radiation practitioners (MRPs) upholding the obligation to communicate urgent or unexpected findings in a timely manner, when identified on medical images. Prior to this policy being part of the professional capabilities, several untimely deaths occurred—the majority of whose causal factors could have been mitigated if imaging findings were urgently communicated by MRPs. This commentary summarises three coronial inquests that involved MRPs, discusses how these coronial findings are reflected in the communicating safely policy and provides some recommendations for the profession to ensure this policy is enacted in clinical practice.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CORONERS; EARLY death; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; PROFESSIONS; RADIATION
- Publication
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2024, Vol 71, Issue 2, p299
- ISSN
2051-3909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jmrs.749