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Wearable Technology Can Improve Patient Data Collection
Case managers increasingly will benefit from the use of wearable technology that helps them monitor patients across the care continuum. These devices allow case managers to remotely monitor a patient's progress.
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Wearable Technology Reinforces Case Management Teaching, Provides Data
Case management can extend its reach through wearable technology that tracks a patient’s exercise level, sleeping habits, vital signs, medication use, injuries, gait, and other data.
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Any Discrepancy in ED Chart Hurts All Med/Mal Defendants
With multiple providers documenting in the ED medical record, there are bound to be some discrepancies from time to time. However, the chart must reflect that discrepancies were recognized and considered by the ED provider.
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Damage Caps Can Lead to Unintended Consequences for ED Malpractice
Damage caps render many cases economically unfeasible for plaintiffs’ counsel to pursue. Nonetheless, many ED providers still fear losing what may be an otherwise baseless malpractice claim. Tort reform is a safeguard against these scenarios, but the view looks different from the plaintiff’s perspective.
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Most Common Allegation in PE/DVT Malpractice Claims? Failure to Diagnose and Treat
Learn about the essential documentation that can prevent problems.
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ED Patients Taken Off Monitors, Alarms Ignored: Med/Mal Suit Likely
Any patient with symptoms worrisome enough to require cardiac monitoring reasonably expects that somebody is paying close attention. The same is true of patients who need frequent blood pressure monitoring, or those with signs and symptoms of sepsis. However, in some cases, patients deteriorate without anyone realizing.
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ED Med/Mal Claims Can Become Licensing Board Actions Quickly
To avoid issues with state licensing boards in the event of malpractice litigation, one expert suggests EPs check whether their professional liability insurance covers representation for a board action.
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EPs Named in Med/Mal Lawsuits Receive Higher Patient Experience Scores
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Plaintiffs Use Loss of Chance to Prevail in ED Malpractice Claim
Plaintiff attorneys do not always need to prove that an EP’s negligence directly caused a patient’s bad outcome. Instead, they allege only that the plaintiff was deprived of the possibility of a better outcome. Often, these “loss of chance” claims involve missed or delayed diagnosis of stroke.
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Analysis of Stroke Malpractice Cases Reveals Reason for ED Diagnostic Errors
Breakdowns in the initial patient-provider encounter were the most frequent source of diagnostic error in ischemic stroke malpractice cases, according to the authors of a recent analysis.