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Don’t Lose Your Best Registrars To Competitors: Justify More Pay
Is another hospital, or another department, offering an experienced registrar more money? If so, patient access leaders face an uphill battle.
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How Defense Lawyers Bring Up ED Patient’s Own Negligence
Asserting contributory or comparative negligence can be an effective strategy for an EP to reduce or eliminate his or her responsibility for any harm the patient alleges to have sustained.
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Unique ED Program Educates Clinicians on Med/Mal Risks
How much information on medical/legal issues residents receive in the clinical setting usually depends on whether faculty members have expertise in the topic.
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Is Everyone Misinterpreting EMTALA?
An expert breaks down some common misinterpretations.
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EDs Still Tagged with EMTALA Violations
Experts say consistency prevents problems.
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What If an ED Patient Can’t Afford Care?
The right documents can put emergency physicians on firm legal ground.
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Did a Patient Exhibit Abnormal Test Results Post-discharge?
EP’s next steps can determine med/mal outcome.
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Re-Engineering Your Case Management Department: It’s Simple, It’s Just Not Easy, Part 1
This month, we'll begin discussion of the reasons why this is a very good time for hospitals to review and re-engineer their case management models and departments.
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Fresh Policies and Procedures, Transparency Fuel ED Turnaround
Banner Health credits a flurry of improvements ranging from ED staffing changes, a push for transparency, and fresh policies and procedures that are motivating personnel to collectively push for a higher level of care and service.
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Individual Malpractice Insurance Can Protect You in Case of Lawsuits
In today’s litigious society, case managers should have their own malpractice insurance to protect their assets, experts say.