ED Legal Letter – August 1, 2007
August 1, 2007
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Patient Safety Organizations: Protecting peer review materials and improving patient safety?
Imagine a black box. Into the box you could put all hospital ED related peer-review data, quality assurance materials, incident or occurrence reports, and medical error reviews. -
Beware of inconsistent care when treating VIPs
You might assume that when ED nurses and physicians care for VIPs -- whether this means a family friend, another physician, the hospital CEO, or a sports celebrity -- that care would be stellar. -
Caring for government dignitaries: Report from an ED physician
As former chief of emergency medicine for the largest hospital and medical treatment facility operated by the U.S. military South Korea, Sean O'Mara, MD, JD, treated many senior level government officials and dignitaries. -
Do psych patients wait hours to be "medically cleared"?
Some emergency physicians argue that the most urgent needs of psychiatric patients are often pushed aside in the ED until a wide range of testing is completed for medical clearance. -
Special Report: VP shunt malfunction in the emergency department
Symptoms of shunt malfunction often can be misconstrued as representing less dangerous medical conditions.