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Hi, my name is Steven Brown.

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I am a radiologist at Boston Children's Hospital,

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and today I will be discussing the difficult issue

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of communication with families

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and patients about harmful events in radiology.

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With a question of is, sorry.

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Enough, the, uh, hopefully today we will,

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uh, we will, uh, cover, uh, circumstances

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where communication with families may be appropriate in the

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setting of adverse events and errors in radiology.

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We will look at some of the barriers to communication

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that are so well known to many of us.

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We will look at the rationale for, uh,

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discussing adverse events

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and errors, uh, with patients and families.

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We will look at some of the liability concerns, uh,

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understand some of the key institutional processes

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that are designed to overcome the barriers

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and facilitate the communication.

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Describe some of the initial steps in the communication

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process and assess the implications

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and challenges for radiologists going forward.