{"id":49436,"date":"2021-06-18T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T06:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3023625-fork.findlaw6.flsitebuilder.com\/?p=49436"},"modified":"2021-06-18T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T06:10:10","slug":"how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patients in Illinois deserve attentive, competent medical care. Nonetheless, radiologists still misread X-rays sometimes, and the consequences can be dire. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s impossible to prevent every possible mistake every single time. Even experts will make a few mistakes throughout their careers, but that is no comfort to the victims of such errors.<\/p>\n<h2>Precursors to mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>Mistakes rarely happen in a vacuum; lifestyle or environmental factors can create a situation that&#8217;s conducive to errors. For example, many medical professionals work long hours and get little sleep. After a certain point, sleep deprivation can affect an individual&#8217;s cognition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1739867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">similarly to drunkenness<\/a>. A busy environment might also prevent medical professionals from dedicating all their attention to a single patient&#8217;s X-rays.<\/p>\n<p>Another important consideration is whether a radiologist even knows what they&#8217;re looking at. Though radiologists are experts, no single person knows everything. If X-rays include indications of a problem that goes beyond a particular radiologist&#8217;s sphere of knowledge, the radiologist might not notice or understand it. Medical professionals sometimes need to ask other, more specialized doctors to assess X-ray results, but that doesn&#8217;t always happen.<\/p>\n<h2>Error categories<\/h2>\n<p>Each error is different, but mistakes tend to fall into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diagnosticimaging.com\/view\/how-manage-mistakes-radiology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">predictable categories<\/a>. Sometimes, a doctor fails to notice a problem. They look carefully at the X-rays, but they don&#8217;t see the issue. Other times, a radiologist will notice some of the problems while failing to see other issues. Sometimes, the problem is systemic. Various processes don&#8217;t run as smoothly as they should, which leaves room for <a href=\"\/medical-malpractice\/misdiagnosis\/\">diagnostic errors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of why an error occurs, mistakes can have devastating consequences. If you&#8217;ve suffered because a medical practitioner misread your X-ray results, you might benefit from contacting an attorney with experience in medical malpractice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients in Illinois deserve attentive, competent medical care. Nonetheless, radiologists still misread X-rays sometimes, and the consequences can be dire. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s impossible to prevent every possible mistake every single time. Even experts will make a few mistakes throughout their careers, but that is no comfort to the victims of such errors. Precursors to mistakes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How X-ray diagnosis errors happen - Wise Law Offices LLC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patients in Illinois deserve attentive, competent medical care. Nonetheless, radiologists still misread X-rays sometimes, and the consequences can be dire. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s impossible to prevent every possible mistake every single time. Even experts will make a few mistakes throughout their careers, but that is no comfort to the victims of such errors. Precursors to mistakes [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wise Law Offices LLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WiseLawOffices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wise-law-graphic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Wise Law Offices LLC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@WiseLawOffices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@WiseLawOffices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wise Law Offices LLC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Wise Law Offices LLC\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d91bf8f984eb6dbf29f5bc87c0a3652c\"},\"headline\":\"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Medical Malpractice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/\",\"name\":\"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen - Wise Law Offices LLC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wise Law Offices LLC\",\"description\":\"Wise Law Offices - Your Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"Place\",\"LegalService\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wise Law Offices LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/WiseLawOffices\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/WiseLawOffices\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/wiselawoffices\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/wiselawoffices\"],\"description\":\"Wise Law Offices is a group of award-winning trial lawyers in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2002, the firm has helped thousands of people navigate the legal system following serious injury or catastrophic loss. In the last two decades, they have secured over $1 Billion for their personal injury clients, with more than 300 multi-million-dollar cases. Wise Law: Compassionate. Experienced. Aggressive.\",\"legalName\":\"Wise Law Offices, LLC\",\"foundingDate\":\"2002-01-22\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"11\",\"maxValue\":\"50\"},\"address\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#local-main-place-address\"},\"geo\":{\"@type\":\"GeoCoordinates\",\"latitude\":\"41.90640483804134\",\"longitude\":\"-87.65643960654296\"},\"telephone\":[\"3125802040\"],\"openingHoursSpecification\":[{\"@type\":\"OpeningHoursSpecification\",\"dayOfWeek\":[\"Monday\",\"Tuesday\",\"Wednesday\",\"Thursday\",\"Friday\",\"Saturday\",\"Sunday\"],\"opens\":\"08:00\",\"closes\":\"17:00\"}],\"areaServed\":\"Chicago Metro Area\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d91bf8f984eb6dbf29f5bc87c0a3652c\",\"name\":\"Wise Law Offices LLC\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wiselawoffices.wpengine.com\"]},{\"@type\":\"PostalAddress\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#local-main-place-address\",\"streetAddress\":\"161 North Clark Street, Suite 3250\",\"addressLocality\":\"Chicago\",\"postalCode\":\"60601\",\"addressRegion\":\"IL\",\"addressCountry\":\"US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/es\\\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/wiselawoffices_vertical_logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wiselawoffices.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/wiselawoffices_vertical_logo.webp\",\"width\":283,\"height\":234,\"caption\":\"Wise Law Offices LLC\"}]}<\/script>\n<meta name=\"geo.placename\" content=\"Chicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"geo.position\" content=\"41.90640483804134;-87.65643960654296\" \/>\n<meta name=\"geo.region\" content=\"Estados Unidos (EEUU)\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen - Wise Law Offices LLC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen","og_description":"Patients in Illinois deserve attentive, competent medical care. Nonetheless, radiologists still misread X-rays sometimes, and the consequences can be dire. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s impossible to prevent every possible mistake every single time. Even experts will make a few mistakes throughout their careers, but that is no comfort to the victims of such errors. Precursors to mistakes [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/","og_site_name":"Wise Law Offices LLC","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WiseLawOffices","article_published_time":"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wise-law-graphic.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Wise Law Offices LLC","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@WiseLawOffices","twitter_site":"@WiseLawOffices","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Wise Law Offices LLC","Tiempo de lectura":"1 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/"},"author":{"name":"Wise Law Offices LLC","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/d91bf8f984eb6dbf29f5bc87c0a3652c"},"headline":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen","datePublished":"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/"},"wordCount":301,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Medical Malpractice"],"inLanguage":"es","copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/","name":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen - Wise Law Offices LLC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-18T06:10:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How X-ray diagnosis errors happen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/","name":"Wise Law Offices LLC","description":"Wise Law Offices - Your Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":["Organization","Place","LegalService"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#organization","name":"Wise Law Offices LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/","logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WiseLawOffices","https:\/\/x.com\/WiseLawOffices","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wiselawoffices\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/wiselawoffices"],"description":"Wise Law Offices is a group of award-winning trial lawyers in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2002, the firm has helped thousands of people navigate the legal system following serious injury or catastrophic loss. In the last two decades, they have secured over $1 Billion for their personal injury clients, with more than 300 multi-million-dollar cases. Wise Law: Compassionate. Experienced. Aggressive.","legalName":"Wise Law Offices, LLC","foundingDate":"2002-01-22","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"11","maxValue":"50"},"address":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#local-main-place-address"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":"41.90640483804134","longitude":"-87.65643960654296"},"telephone":["3125802040"],"openingHoursSpecification":[{"@type":"OpeningHoursSpecification","dayOfWeek":["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"],"opens":"08:00","closes":"17:00"}],"areaServed":"Chicago Metro Area"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/d91bf8f984eb6dbf29f5bc87c0a3652c","name":"Wise Law Offices LLC","sameAs":["https:\/\/wiselawoffices.wpengine.com"]},{"@type":"PostalAddress","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#local-main-place-address","streetAddress":"161 North Clark Street, Suite 3250","addressLocality":"Chicago","postalCode":"60601","addressRegion":"IL","addressCountry":"US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/how-x-ray-diagnosis-errors-happen\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wiselawoffices_vertical_logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wiselawoffices_vertical_logo.webp","width":283,"height":234,"caption":"Wise Law Offices LLC"}]},"geo.placename":"Chicago","geo.position":{"lat":"41.90640483804134","long":"-87.65643960654296"},"geo.region":"Estados Unidos (EEUU)"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiselawoffices.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}