Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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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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Evaluation of Syncope in the Emergency Department
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports covers the current landscape of syncope from the ED perspective and continues to stress the importance of physician judgment.
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Man-made Disaster: In-hospital Management
Man-made disaster directly impacts the emergency department and hospital when a mass casualty situation ensues, and is the focus of this review article. Using contemporary examples and the current literature, what follows is a primer on the causes, injury patterns, resource utilization, triage, and preparation for man-made mass casualty events.
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Dental Emergencies in the ED
There are more than 2 million dental-related visits to the emergency department every year. Non-traumatic dental conditions alone lead to an estimated 4000 visits per day to emergency departments in the United States.
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Did ED Patient Refuse Admission? This Documentation Is Essential
If the patient refused admission and a bad outcome occurs, the plaintiff’s attorney will likely allege the EP was negligent for failing to insist on the patient being admitted, and that the EP should have protected the patient against the patient’s own bad judgment.
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Length-of-Stay Benchmarks Linked to Fewer Adverse Events
EDs with a higher percentage of patients meeting length-of-stay benchmarks on a given shift had lower rates of adverse events, according to a recent study.
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Bad Outcome in ‘Boarded’ ED Patient? Reduce Likelihood of EP’s Liability
Poor communication is often root of claims.
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Is EP ‘Over-documenting’ with EMRs? Malpractice Defense Will Be Difficult
Otherwise defensible claims against EPs are being settled.
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Apology Laws: Better Read the Fine Print
Not all apologies are equal. Many statutes don't offer protection from admission of fault and are merely expressions of sympathy.