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In a recent malpractice case, a widow stated that her husband presented with crushing substernal chest pain with shortness of breath, but the emergency physician (EP) testified that the chest pain occurred with cough only.
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The prescription drug abuse epidemic in this country is a serious problem with implications not only for at-risk patients, but for providers. Providers must be mindful to identify patients at risk for abuse/overdose. However, the pendulum must not swing too far, resulting in reduced access to care for those with chronic medical conditions and compliance problems with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
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If an ED patient is admitted to a step-down unit and has a bad outcome, a plaintiff attorney might successfully argue that the patient should have been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) instead.
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A group of bioethicists at New York Presbyterian Hospital implemented a new process to determine who can perform clinical ethics consults.
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Conflicts of interest are common among members of committees that produce clinical practice guidelines for specialty organizations, according to several recent studies.
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Moving donors from hospitals to a free-standing organ recovery center resulted in significantly reduced surgeon hours, air travel, and cost, according to a recent study which analyzed 915 liver transplants performed from 2001 to 2011.
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The GUIDE (Genomic Uses in Infectious Disease & Epidemics) project is examining ethical, legal, social, and policy issues involving the application of genomics to prevention and treatment of infectious disease.
