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During residency and medical school, Dainius A. Drukteinis, MD, JD, FACEP, attended a number of lectures on medical malpractice. As I was already a lawyer, it was clear that the concepts could not truly be understood without engaging in the medical malpractice process itself, he says.
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A recent malpractice claim involved a patient who presented to an emergency department (ED) with severe abdominal pain for which abdominal and pelvic CT scans were ordered by the emergency physician (EP).
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Some emergency physicians (EPs) might jump at an employers offer to cover the cost of their professional liability coverage. However, there are some potential downsides to this arrangement, warn legal experts.
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A patient who presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of nausea and right upper quadrant pain radiating to the epigastric area, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, and difficulty breathing, was presumed to be suffering from cholecystitis and prepared for a cholecystectomy.
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When a patient who presented with a headache was asked about her medications by the emergency department (ED) nurse and again by the emergency physician (EP), she stated only that she was taking albuterol and fluticasone for asthma.
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Emergency physicians (EPs) might be very surprised to learn that if they are sued, the malpractice case could end up being settled without their consent even if the claim is very defensible depending on the terms of their malpractice coverage.
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Want to rest easy about your compliance and revenue maximization efforts for the rest of the year? No time is a better time than right now to check up on how things are performing before the fall rush to implement ICD-10, add new codes to charge masters, update fee schedules, and train all of those new providers who started over the summer.
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While hospital shootings are not commonplace, studies suggest they are happening with increasing frequency, and that EDs are particularly vulnerable to this type of violence. Researchers report that roughly a third of all hospital shootings occur in the emergency setting
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Most hospital administrators would say that safety and security are of paramount importance; however, there are legal challenges that need to be considered when implementing plans to safeguard a facility.
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Hospital workers in the United States and Canada are under an increasing threat of violence according to a new survey by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS). The organizations 2014 Healthcare Crime Survey reveals that violent crimes, which include murder, rape, and robbery, were up by 16% in 2013 as compared to data collected in 2012.
