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Inpatient and Outpatient Care Providers: Why Can’t We Just Work Together?
Many problems occur after a patient is discharged that are a direct result of poor coordination of care between hospitalists and primary care providers (PCPs). These issues include, but are not limited to, missed test results, medication errors, inadequate follow up, and harm to the patient. PCPs are frequently unaware that their patient was hospitalized and they often do not receive a copy of the discharge summary. The authors of this paper did a qualitative study to analyze the barriers and solutions to care coordination between hospitalists and PCPs in North Carolina.
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Clear Documentation of EP’s Thought Process Makes Malpractice Suit Unappealing to Plaintiff Attorneys
Many times, a careful review of the emergency department (ED) chart convinces plaintiff attorneys not to sue — even if at first glance, the malpractice case against the emergency physician (EP) sounded rock solid.
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“If the EP Had Only Told Me, I Would Have …
When both the emergency physician (EP) and consultant are jointly named in a malpractice suit, the case often turns on whether a certain piece of information was conveyed.
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Could EP Defendant Be Held to Inappropriate Standard of Care?
Virtually every malpractice lawsuit against an emergency physician (EP) involves a conflict over whether the standard of care was met. “Breach of the standard of care is one of four things that must be proven in order to win a medical malpractice lawsuit; appropriate medical care would negate a medical malpractice claim,” explains William Sullivan, DO, JD, FACEP, an EP at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago and a practicing attorney in Frankfort, IL.
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Is Parent Signing Child Out AMA in Your ED? Hostility Can Lead to Lawsuit
If a parent wishes to sign out a child against medical advice (AMA), emergency physicians (EPs) may become offended, annoyed, hostile, or appear unconcerned. These reactions increase the risk of a malpractice suit being filed in the event of a bad outcome, warns Laura Pimentel, MD, vice president/chief medical officer at Maryland Emergency Medicine Network in Baltimore, MD.
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Surprising New Data on Closed ED Claims: Incomplete Assessments Are Factor in Many Med/Mal Suits
Physician reviewers at The Doctor’s Company, a Napa, CA-based medical malpractice insurer, recently analyzed 332 emergency medicine claims that closed from 2007 to 2013.
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Leaders: Telecommuting worries largely unfounded
Common concerns about telecommuting for patient access areas.
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Access leaders: Telecommuters are more productive
Patient access managers might envision employees working from home getting very little done due to ringing doorbells, kids playing, or housework getting in the way of work.
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Access leaders: Telecommuters are more productive
Patient access managers might envision employees working from home getting very little done due to ringing doorbells, kids playing, or housework getting in the way of work.
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This education is now ‘must-have’ for access reps
Six educational requirements used in revenue cycle areas at the Riverside Health System based in Newport News, VA.