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Assent Is Not Consent: Children in Clinical Trials Are Not Little Adults
The classic admonition in pediatric medicine is “children are not little adults,” implying in part that you cannot just scale down adult care and treatment. Does this phrase resonate as well in human research trials involving children, particularly around issues of consent for the former and assent for the latter?
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ICMJE Underlines Ethics on Importance of Data Sharing
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors published an editorial in June 2017, saying there is an ethical obligation to share interventional clinical trial data. Beginning July 1, 2018, manuscripts with clinical trial results that are submitted to the committee's journals must contain a data-sharing statement.
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Some Plaintiffs Face Higher Burden of Proof
Two Texas physicians weigh in on how tort reform, in their view, has affected the practice of emergency medicine and malpractice litigation in their state.
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Test Ordered in ED, but Patient Discharged or Admitted?
The EP can be held liable for failure to "close the loop” on non-emergent abnormal findings. The hospital can be held liable for not instituting a reconciliation process to flag discrepancies between the EP’s readings and those of the radiologist.
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Anaphylaxis: The Underrecognized Killer
This article will cover the presentation and emergency department (ED) management of allergic reactions in children, focusing on anaphylaxis. The current definition and recommended guidelines are reviewed.
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Patient Could Allege Opioids Given by EP Sparked Addiction
Experts say that as time passes, EPs should increasingly expect to be included as potential targets of malpractice claims alleging that opioids were prescribed without adequate indication or in excessive amounts.
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Department of Justice Carries Out Largest Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action in American History
Hundreds of medical professionals implicated in false billing schemes and for illegally prescribing and distributing opioids.
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Quality Payment Program Delaying Some Requirements
CMS is attempting to lower the burden of the Quality Payment Program for small practices and other clinicians, with a proposed rule that would update the physician payment programs created as a part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. The changes could be important for hospitals and health systems with affiliated physician practices.
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Changes to Readmissions Rule Will Help, But No Panacea
CMS has proposed a change that would have it consider a hospital’s proportion of dual-eligibles when determining penalties under Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), a change welcomed by hospitals that have long argued dual-eligible patients are more expensive for hospitals and skewing readmissions figures for safety-net hospitals.
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Communication Challenges Can Threaten Quality
Language barriers may be commonly recognized as threats to quality of care and patient safety, and hospitals routinely provide resources to overcome that barrier. But communication challenges can come in many forms and hospitals often are blind to them, leading to serious risks, one expert cautions.