Those whose results do have discrepancies or differing opinions will have their primary healthcare provider contacted, and they will be contacted by phone and by letter. Robichaud says they are in the process of sending letters to all patients whose results are the subject of the review, and all those whose results don’t show any discrepancies will be notified in the form of another letter by the end of September to confirm that. She says most women receive mammograms every one to two years, so there is a “high probability” that women tested prior to Novemwould already have been tested again. However, she states that patients from before that date would likely have already been re-tested by now. She explains that they can only go back as far as Novembecause prior to that they cannot make the link between which type of machine was used. Angela Pickles, Clinical Chief of Medical Imaging at Eastern Health is conducting the review. To date, 468 files have been reviewed with three discrepancies or differing opinions found.ĭr.
The files that are being reviewed are from Novemto August 1, 2022. The difference between the two, she says is that the five-megapixel machines can better see things that the regular human eye cannot. She says the error involves the use of three-megapixel viewing stations, instead of five-megapixel viewing stations. Central Health says the files of about 3,000 patients are being reviewed after it was discovered that some of their viewing stations do not meet technical standards.Īccording to President and CEO Andree Robichaud, Central Health was first made aware of the issue last Wednesday.
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