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Natural Language Processing in EHRs Improves Data Accuracy
One organization’s use of natural language processing has increased efficiencies, including more accurate data management, leading to the delivery of better care quality and improved billing practices.
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Mobility Improved by Adding Exercise Physiologists to ICU
Adding exercise physiologists to ICUs can improve mobility and patient outcomes, according to the experience of three medical-surgical ICUs at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston. The addition of exercise physiologists was studied as part of a larger bundle of interventions intended to improve the quality of care for ICU patients.
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CMS Seeks to Reduce Administrative Burden on Hospitals
A new federal rule could help healthcare systems save time and money around data collection, with less need for duplicated work from nonacute care ancillary organizations.
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Health System Improves Care With Code Sepsis Program
A large health system in the state of Washington is making a major push to combat sepsis, identifying patients at high risk for sepsis and putting them on antibiotics faster.
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EMTALA, Malpractice Implications for Patients Transferred 100 Miles Away
There are some situations in which hospitals violate EMTALA, or the standard of care, by making unreasonable transfer arrangements that result in untoward outcomes. Potential liability exposure for the transferring hospital makes it important to document that the closer hospitals rejected the transfer and why the benefits of transferring the patient to a particular hospital outweigh the risks.
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Higher Emotional Intelligence Linked to Less Malpractice Litigation
Researchers have found an indirect negative correlation between a physician’s emotional intelligence and litigation risk. One possible explanation: Better communication skills mean happier patients.
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Abnormal Vital Signs Often Found in ED Chart During Malpractice Litigation
If abnormal vital signs are documented clearly, but are unexplained and seemingly unnoticed, it complicates malpractice defense.
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Legal Exposure for ED When Overdose Patients Refuse Care
One concern is that whatever the patient overdosed on, which often is unknown, will outlast the duration of the reversal agent.
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Hospital Sole Defendant in Some ED Malpractice Claims
Hospitals can argue that they are not liable for the emergency physician's negligence because he or she is not an employee. Yet, it is increasingly difficult for hospitals to avoid this “vicarious liability.”
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Vascular Events, Infections Top Misdiagnosed Conditions in ED Malpractice Claims
The lead author of a recent study expounds on high-severity misdiagnosis cases and what those mean for EDs in terms of patient safety and malpractice risk.