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Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation creates some legal risks that didn't exist with paper charting.
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Electronic prescribing with a basic clinical decision support system could have prevented 32% of paper-based prescribing errors, according to a recent study, but electronic medical records also pose potential legal risks.
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Consumer Reports has rated U.S. hospitals on how patients fare during and after surgery.
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An orthopedic surgeon who reportedly performed as many operations in two days as the typical orthopedic surgeon averages in one month is facing multiple malpractice lawsuits, as are the surgery center and hospitals where he operated.
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A female doctor claimed to have suffered years of gender discrimination from a hospital's chief of surgery.
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Regardless of the caffeine status, coffee intake was associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes while sugar-sweetened beverages were associated with a higher risk.
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A new topical agent is available for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK). Ingenol mebutate is a macrocyclic diterpene ester found in the sap of Euphorbia peplus, a common plant found in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
