Emergency Department Management & Law
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What if your ED misdiagnoses a public figure? Here’s how to handle VIPs
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You can learn from this difficult EMTALA case
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Here are items that cause violations
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Here’s how to admit you made a mistake
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Trauma Reports
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Trauma Reports Supplement
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Trauma Reports Supplement
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Trauma Reports Supplement
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Courts Carve Out Exceptions to Georgia’s Emergency Care Tort Reform
In a series of recent decisions, the states appellate and supreme courts diluted application of the clear and convincing gross negligence standard installed by Georgias tort reform statute, and they have also advanced exceptions to the law that allow plaintiff attorneys to circumvent the legislatures intended tougher standards required to prove medical malpractice. -
Not Giving tPA? EPs Must Protect Themselves Legally
There is actually surprisingly little the emergency physician (EP) can do to influence the outcome of most stroke cases, according to Marc E. Levsky, MD, a board member of the Walnut Creek, CA-based The Mutual Risk Retention Group.