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Small IRB Revises Forms, Updates Policies and Procedures to Obtain FWA and Reach Next Level
A small university's human research protections program overhauled its processes to bring it up to the requirements of the Common Rule and Federalwide Assurance.
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Study: Individual EPs Rarely Fined for EMTALA Violations
Almost all civil monetary penalties are against facilities.
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FDA’s Draft Guidance on eRecords Could Have Unintended Consequences
The FDA’s draft guidance on the use of electronic records and electronic signatures encourages systems to improve quality and efficiency, and expands the use of a risk-based approach in validating and establishing audit trails for electronic systems. But it’s the validation part of the proposed guidance that could introduce a new problem.
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Missed Spinal Epidural Abscess: ‘Lightning Rod for Litigation’
In these cases, EPs are the second most commonly sued physicians.
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Assent Is Not Consent: Children in Clinical Trials Are Not Little Adults
The classic admonition in pediatric medicine is “children are not little adults,” implying in part that you cannot just scale down adult care and treatment. Does this phrase resonate as well in human research trials involving children, particularly around issues of consent for the former and assent for the latter?
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ICMJE Underlines Ethics on Importance of Data Sharing
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors published an editorial in June 2017, saying there is an ethical obligation to share interventional clinical trial data. Beginning July 1, 2018, manuscripts with clinical trial results that are submitted to the committee's journals must contain a data-sharing statement.
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Some Plaintiffs Face Higher Burden of Proof
Two Texas physicians weigh in on how tort reform, in their view, has affected the practice of emergency medicine and malpractice litigation in their state.
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Test Ordered in ED, but Patient Discharged or Admitted?
The EP can be held liable for failure to "close the loop” on non-emergent abnormal findings. The hospital can be held liable for not instituting a reconciliation process to flag discrepancies between the EP’s readings and those of the radiologist.
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Anaphylaxis: The Underrecognized Killer
This article will cover the presentation and emergency department (ED) management of allergic reactions in children, focusing on anaphylaxis. The current definition and recommended guidelines are reviewed.
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Patient Could Allege Opioids Given by EP Sparked Addiction
Experts say that as time passes, EPs should increasingly expect to be included as potential targets of malpractice claims alleging that opioids were prescribed without adequate indication or in excessive amounts.