Among the discrepant reads, 37 (0.4% of total, 17.9% of discrepant) patients had a return visit to the ED for further management. Resultsĭuring the study period, 8310 diagnostic imaging studies were performed, with 207 (2.5%) discrepant reads. Direct and indirect costs to the patient, family, hospital, and society for these return visits were calculated. Analysis was performed on all children who were called back and returned to the ED following a discrepant read. Methodsįrom July 2014 to February 2015, all children who underwent a diagnostic imaging study during an ED visit were assembled. The purposes of this study were to describe all return visits to a tertiary care urban pediatric emergency department (PED) resulting from diagnostic imaging discrepancies and to calculate the costs of these return visits. This has created greater opportunity for diagnostic errors, which can be costly in terms of morbidity and mortality as well as dollars and cents. Diagnostic imaging has mirrored the steady growth of healthcare utilization in the USA.
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