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EPs Caught Between Patient Care and Law Enforcement Requests
EPs always must consider the patient’s best interest.
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EMTALA Claim Against Individual EP: ‘Almost Always an Empty Threat’
Some use EMTALA as leverage to coerce settlement.
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What Happens When an ED Chart Shows PA ‘Went Rogue?’
EP can be held liable if physician assistant’s care was negligent.
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Are EP and Hospital Jointly Defending Med/Mal Lawsuit?
EP will face repercussions if pointing finger at hospital.
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CANDOR: An Evolving Approach to Patient Harm
While most agree transparency, forthrightness, and 'doing the right thing' for patients and their families are ethical imperatives, practical concerns and lack of definitive data have yet to prove conclusively they will make a difference.
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Data Reveal Top Causes of Duplicate Records
More than one strategy needed.
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Department Boasts Low Error Rate
Leaders credit audit trails and productivity reports.
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Give Struggling New Hire Chance to Turn Things Around
Face time can make all the difference.
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Quality Team Speeds Claims Processing by Reducing Errors
Staff shifted priorities without adding more full-time employees.
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ED Collections Aren’t Worth an EMTALA Violation
Registrars must execute duties with pitch-perfect timing.