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Experts Note How to Drive Improvement in EMS Care Quality and Safety
Important new research reveals there is considerable variation in the quality and safety of care provided by emergency medical services agencies across the country.
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ED Malpractice Claims Alleging Missed Sepsis Include These Allegations
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly scrutinizing ED care for failure to promptly identify and treat sepsis.
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Lack of Data Is a Challenge for ED Sepsis AI Tools
When a patient first arrives at an ED, there usually is not much hard data available. This makes it very challenging for triage nurses to determine if sepsis is a possibility.
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Are AI Tools the Legal Standard of Care for EDs?
The legal standard of care an ED provider is held to is continuously evolving, as medical knowledge and practices change over time.
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: An Update on Care
Early detection of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) allows for the implementation of appropriate interventions to reduce the adverse effects of uncontrolled hyperglycemia, making GDM screening an integral part of prenatal care. However, the question of whether to adopt universal or selective (risk-based) screening for GDM has been a subject of ongoing debate and lacks a clear international consensus.
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Malpractice Claims Involving AI Tools Are Emerging: EDs Can Mitigate Legal Exposure
Researchers explored the evolving legal landscape by studying how courts have approached allocation of liability for both AI and other complex medical software.
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Is Cannabis Abuse During Pregnancy Associated with Poor Neonatal Outcomes?
Cannabis use disorder is associated with small but significant increased risks measured in multiple neonatal outcomes.
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Permanent Contraception Regret in the Modern Age
In this Canadian cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 844 patients who had undergone female sterilization, the prevalence of regret was 16%.
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Pelvic Exams During Annual Gynecologic Visits
A retrospective chart review of 1,121 patients undergoing annual gynecology exams showed that 1.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.5 to 1.9) of asymptomatic patients had physical exam findings on pelvic exam compared to 32.4% (95% CI, 27.0 to 37.8) of symptomatic patients.
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Does AI-Driven Tool Improve Evidence-Based Care and Reduce Sepsis Mortality?
New data show that an artificial intelligence-driven tool, deployed in UC San Diego Health emergency departments, can not only pick up on the subtle signs of sepsis at an early stage, but the data also strongly suggest that use of the tool can significantly reduce mortality.