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Are ED Policies Inflexible?
Emergency department policies are neither a perfect sword nor a perfect shield.
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Legal Risks of Googling ED Patients Unclear, Cases Likely Coming
Conducting Internet searches on ED patients can be problematic, particularly when the physician does not have a clinically relevant reason for looking into the patient’s online life.
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What If Med/Mal Payout Exceeds Policy Limit?
While defendant EPs might be alarmed over threats to seize property and other assets, such threats might be legally problematic for a plaintiff’s attorney to actually carry out.
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EPs May Be Unaware of Unique EMTALA Risks Posed by Obstetric Patients
Does a pregnant patient want to leave your ED and go to a different hospital — the one at which she plans to deliver? If so, the EP faces some potentially significant legal risks.
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Best Defense Against Misdiagnosis Claim?
A look at best practices that can strengthen the EP’s defense against a malpractice suit alleging misdiagnosis of an ED patient.
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Teamwork Is ‘Huge Problem in ED Setting’
“This whole teamwork concept that the IOM is trying to promote is a huge problem in the ED setting.”
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Sentinel Event Alert focuses on patient falls
Preventing patient falls and fall-related injuries is the focus of the new Sentinel Event Alert: Issue 55 released recently by The Joint Commission. The new alert examines the contributing factors to patient falls and includes suggested solutions to be implemented by healthcare organizations to help reduce patient falls and falls with injury.
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Hospital accused of firing employee questioning credentialing
A former employee of San Juan Regional Medical Center in New Mexico is suing the hospital, claiming she was fired for speaking out against the credentialing of unqualified radiologists.
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Sentinel event report to The Joint Commission now privileged in Pennsylvania
Sentinel event reports to The Joint Commission are not privileged in Pennsylvania, according to a recent decision by the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
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NLRB says nurses entitled to union representation at peer review
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board indicates that nurses must be allowed union representation during peer review.