ED Legal Letter – April 1, 2014
April 1, 2014
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EMRs: Risk of the Mouse Click
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have quickly become the standard in most U.S. emergency departments. -
Discharge Instructions Can Help Plaintiff Depict EP as "Careless and Callous"
Discharge instructions frequently play an important role as evidence in medical malpractice cases, says John J. Barton, JD, a partner in the Providence, RI, office of Barton Gilman. -
Instructions an Issue in Missed Ectopic Claim
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Outside Evaluations Identify Risk-prone Practices in EDs
Stephanie C. Sher, Esq., an attorney with Stevens & Lee in Lancaster, PA, says that outside evaluations of an emergency department (ED)s processes can identify risk-prone practices that could result in bad outcomes and malpractice claims. -
Staffing of ED Could Become Central Issue During Med/mal Suit
One emergency physician (EP) found himself in the position of giving orders for an emergency department (ED) patient in cardiac arrest by phone, while nurses remained in the ED to run the code, while responding to and running another code on the floor of the hospital.