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Not All Patients with Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis Require Hospitalization
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Hospital Medicine Alert - Full March 2014 Issue in PDF
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Endocarditis Outcomes in the Elderly
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A Worldwide Assessment of Procedure-Related Pain Intensity and Distress in ICU Patients
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Staffing of ED Could Become Central Issue During Med/mal Suit
One emergency physician (EP) found himself in the position of giving orders for an emergency department (ED) patient in cardiac arrest by phone, while nurses remained in the ED to run the code, while responding to and running another code on the floor of the hospital. -
Discharge Instructions Can Help Plaintiff Depict EP as "Careless and Callous"
Discharge instructions frequently play an important role as evidence in medical malpractice cases, says John J. Barton, JD, a partner in the Providence, RI, office of Barton Gilman. -
Outside Evaluations Identify Risk-prone Practices in EDs
Stephanie C. Sher, Esq., an attorney with Stevens & Lee in Lancaster, PA, says that outside evaluations of an emergency department (ED)s processes can identify risk-prone practices that could result in bad outcomes and malpractice claims. -
ED Legal Letter - Full April 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Instructions an Issue in Missed Ectopic Claim
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EMRs: Risk of the Mouse Click
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have quickly become the standard in most U.S. emergency departments.