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that in the one hour preceding a discordant preliminary report, a single

additional telephone call above the baseline increased the odds of a
major discrepancy by 12 percent.
21

Despite advances in imaging technology, there is no evidence of
improvement in the perceptual abilities of the human eye and brain.

Given this human limitation, many of the solutions developed to decrease
interpretive error are technology-based.

Potential solutions include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain a state of constant vigilance in interpretation and a healthy

degree of skepticism regarding favorite diagnoses

• Make efforts to overcome all known cognitive biases and pitfalls

• Consistent use of a sufficiently broad range of differential diagnoses

when formulating conclusions about unknown cases being
evaluated

• Reduce variation or variability in practice at all levels

• Engage in a program of continuous lifelong learning to prevent

knowledge gaps

21 Berlin, L., “Accuracy of Diagnostic Procedures: Has it Improved Over the Past Five Decades,” AJR
2007;188:1173-1178.

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