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According to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), one of every 20 of the roughly 368,600 patients treated in U.S. hospitals in 2005 for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) died. Most of those patients were elderly or low income.
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More focus needed on quality for kids; Leapfrog Group has two new quality awards; PA hospital report: Quality is rising; IHI to host 'world's largest gathering'
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How can a hospital be sued by a plaintiff's attorney when the alleged negligence was committed by the independently contracted emergency physician?
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Many EDs videotape trauma cases for quality improvement and educational purposes, but some have put a stop to this practice due to concern about lawsuits.
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If a man was discharged from your ED after being treated for injuries resulting from a fistfight, the ED record might state that the patient agreed to go into an anger management program and that he was given a referral to outpatient therapy. But most likely, it would neither document whether the patient had access to a gun nor other factors indicating that the potential for violence was assessed by ED staff.
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The medical record is an essential component of the physician-patient relationship. It is used to document the interaction between patients, physicians, and other medical and non-medical personnel. Without the medical record, it would be impossible to coordinate appropriate, timely, and continuous medical care.
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