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A patient hands you an insurance card with multiple numbers, numbers that are next to impossible to locate, or no numbers at all.
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In an ED malpractice lawsuit, "sometimes the strangest things become hot topics of discovery,"...
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The practice of emergency medicine imposes on its providers unique challenges, including the difficulty inherent in following up with a patient who has been evaluated, treated, and then discharged.
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This is the second of a two-part series on error disclosure to emergency department patients. This month, we give specific steps to take before apologizing to a patient.
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An emergency provider, you are driving down a busy interstate when you see an accident occur between two vehicles. Are you required to stop and render aid? Is calling 9-1-1 and continuing on your drive acceptable?
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The Obama administration earlier this year acted to rescind the so-called "Bush rule" regarding the rights of health care providers related to conscientious refusal.
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Planned Parenthood's entity serving Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (PPMNS) is continuing legal action in an effort to have certain legislatively mandated scripts to be read by physicians to women seeking abortions in South Dakota.
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Much attention has been focused in the past on the role of hope in healing or in dealing with a terminal illness.
