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While EDs are designed to respond to acute care needs, they are often inundated by patients with complex medical, social, and behavioral health problems .
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When you have patients who are joined at the hip with their smartphones or electronic tablets, it doesnt make any sense to use any other technology to engage them and communicate with them.
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Use technology carefully and keep personal connections.
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If youre not using technology in your case management practice, youre doing yourself, your organization, and your patients a disservice, experts say.
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Ethical issues involving the medical use of marijuana include whether it is possible for the benefits to exceed its known risks, and that many physicians making recommendations operate on the margins of the medical community.
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Clinical ethicists can help surrogate decision makers and clinicians to resolve conflicts over a patient's end-of-life wishes by facilitating communication between involved parties and exploring difficult questions.
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Learning health care systems" necessitate the collection of large amounts of data electronically during every health care encounter.
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Clinicians may face pressure from family members to keep going when there is concern that the patient might not have wanted aggressive end-of-life interventions, or the health care team considers palliation in the patients best interests.
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Policies expanding physician performance incentives highlight the importance of considering ethical implications when constructing systems.
