A single missed finding does not stay small. It follows the patient.
The wrong care pathway. The specialist never consulted. The rehab that started late because nobody knew it was needed. One overlooked detail on one study can quietly steer months of a person's life in the wrong direction.
That is the real reason a careful read matters. Not to be right on paper, but because everything downstream is built on top of what the radiologist did or did not see.
When I read a study, I am aware that a physician is going to make decisions based on my words, and a patient is going to live with those decisions. That awareness is the job.