NAPA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doctors Company, the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, today released "Radiology Claims: November Malpractice Risk Review," the newest edition in a monthly series of specialty-focused analyses designed to support patient safety and clinical risk management.
Each month in 2026, The Doctors Company will explore malpractice risk trends in a different medical specialty, offering evidence-based insights drawn from real claims data to help clinicians and healthcare leaders better understand how patient harm occurs and why negligence allegations arise.
"Radiology Claims: November Malpractice Risk Review," available at thedoctors.com/radiologyMRR, brings together three complimentary analyses that highlight key areas of risk within orthopedics practices:
- Contributing factors to patient harm: Identifies the most common driver of radiology claims as clinical judgment errors, including misinterpretation of diagnostic studies, narrow diagnostic focus, and failure or delay in ordering diagnostic tests.
- Negligence allegations: Analyzes negligence allegations in radiology to help practitioners and staff proactively identify and address risk.
- Case summary for missed diagnosis and communication failures that delayed lung cancer diagnosis: Highlights how failure to inform the cardiologist of a suspected lung mass identified on a chest x-ray delayed a lung cancer diagnosis, allowing metastasis and resulting in the patient's death.
"Every malpractice claim magnifies where patient care can be improved," said Julie Ritzman, MBA, CPHRM, Senior Vice President, Patient Safety and Risk Management at The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group. "Analyzing radiology claims highlights trends that provide clinicians with actionable insights to strengthen communication, decision-making, and overall patient care."
About The Doctors Company
Founded and led by physicians, The Doctors Company (thedoctors.com) is relentlessly committed to advancing, protecting, and rewarding the practice of good medicine. The Doctors Company helps hospitals and practices of all sizes manage the complexities of today's healthcare environmentâwith expert guidance, resources, and coverageâand is the only medical malpractice insurer with an advocacy program covering all 50 states and the federal level. The Doctors Company is part of TDC Group (tdcg.com), the nation's largest physician-owned provider of insurance and risk management solutions.â¯TDC Group serves the full continuum of care, from individual clinicians to academic medical systemsâmore than 200,000â¯healthcare professionals and organizations nationwideâwith direct written premiums of $2.5 billion and $12.5 billion in assets. To learn more about our data-driven insights and to stay up to date on industry trends, follow and subscribe to The Doctors Company on X (@doctorscompany),â¯YouTube,â¯LinkedIn, andâ¯Facebook.
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