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Cameras nab you if you run a red light. They keep watch over ATMs, parking lots and airport travelers. And now they are being used to make sure health care workers wash their hands.
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When three of the 13 nurses on an inpatient oncology unit in Wisconsin were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the employees were alarmed: Was something in the workplace triggering MS? An investigation found no relationship between the workplace and MS, but it did result in recommendations about handling hazardous drugs.
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The final statement,"Doctor X is leaving with the patient," dictated by Corey M. Slovis, MD, professor and chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, was regarding a critically ill patient who was being accompanied by the hospital's chief of trauma to the operating room. This was later incorrectly transcribed as "Doctor X is sleeping with the patient."
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Although the EP is responsible for medical care delivered in the ED setting, every adult of sound mind has the right to refuse medical care, says Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Toledo (OH).
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If time wasn't a factor and if charting were an enjoyable activity, emergency physicians (EPs) would presumably always produce thorough, accurate documentation a key factor in minimizing legal risks.
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Emergency physicians' (EPs) decisions to admit or discharge patients are motivated, in part, by liability concerns, according to recent research.
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What an emergency physician (EP) documents can unquestionably influence the outcome of a lawsuit, but is the same true for an ED's charting method?
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With some electronic medical record (EMR) documentation systems, plaintiff's attorneys may have a difficult time determining what actually happened during the ED visit.
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Suppose a patient is being seen in your ED for an extremity injury resulting from a motorcycle accident, and chooses to leave right after his arm is put in a splint, although the emergency physician (EP) hasn't yet done a full examination.
