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Work With Community Partners to Develop Solutions for Opioid Use Disorder Patients
While many emergency physicians are reluctant to tackle the issue of addiction, there is growing recognition that EDs offer a huge opportunity to identify patients with opioid use disorders and link them to meaningful care. The obstacles are many, but forward-thinking emergency medicine leaders in regions hit hard by the opioid epidemic are finding paths to success, often in partnership with other agencies or community groups.
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Collaborations Between Health Advocates and Case Managers, Others Can Make a Difference
Case managers and other healthcare providers increasingly are finding that their work includes collaboration and communication with providers and health advocates across the care continuum. For health advocates, these interactions are necessary to help the patient achieve optimal health and function.
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Observe and Take Notes, But Try Not to Judge
Health advocates can collect comprehensive and important information about a patient’s daily life and share the findings with primary care providers. But it can be challenging to walk through someone’s home and listen and observe without judging and wanting to take immediate action.
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How Health Advocates Work With Patients, Case Managers, and Other Resources
A health advocate’s role varies, depending on the patient populations and goals. Health advocates collaborate with the patient’s healthcare team and help everyone reach an agreement on the care transition or any necessary changes.
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Privately Paid Case Managers Serve as Patient Health Advocates
Case managers work with patients across the care continuum, and their roles and titles vary. But one of the lesser-known models for case management is in private pay, where they are known as health advocates or patient advocates. It is a growing field, as patients and families often find it difficult to navigate the complex healthcare continuum. Health advocates provide case management-type services with their chief goals related to patients’ needs.
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‘Very Scary’ Legal Ramifications for Hospitals if ED Clinician Diverts Drugs
If ED nurses or physicians are diverting drugs, a state board investigation, malpractice lawsuit, or both are possible. The hospital also could be legally exposed.
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ED Patient 'Drunk, Disheveled, Foul-Smelling,' According to Medical Record
Healthcare workers should avoid angry charting. Judgmental or insulting statements about patients and coworkers can come back to haunt a physician or nurse in litigation.
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EPs Facing Litigation Need Support
Many EPs who find themselves defendants question their own skills and experience anger and depression.
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Multiple Defendants in ED Claim? Often, Conflicts Are Inevitable
Many ED malpractice claims include multiple defendants. Each defendant has unique (and sometimes competing) interests.
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Anticoagulant Misadventures Give Rise to Malpractice Claims
Allegations in ED malpractice claims involving anticoagulants can include improper administration, improper withholding, and failure to continue the drug during hospitalization.