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Some emergency physicians (EPs) might jump at an employers offer to cover the cost of their professional liability coverage. However, there are some potential downsides to this arrangement, warn legal experts.
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A recent malpractice claim involved a patient who presented to an emergency department (ED) with severe abdominal pain for which abdominal and pelvic CT scans were ordered by the emergency physician (EP).
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During residency and medical school, Dainius A. Drukteinis, MD, JD, FACEP, attended a number of lectures on medical malpractice. As I was already a lawyer, it was clear that the concepts could not truly be understood without engaging in the medical malpractice process itself, he says.
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If an emergency physician (EP) and the hospital are both named in a malpractice suit, this can potentially complicate the EPs defense. The hospital, especially a large hospital thats self-insured, is going to have deep pockets, explains Thomas R. McLean, MD, JD, CEO of American Medical Litigation Support Services in Shawnee, KS.
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Immediate bedding and the practice of swarming delivering patient care as a team can significantly slash wait times and overall length-of-stay in the ED. However, getting physicians and nurses to transition to such approaches is challenging because they must work at a higher pace than they are used to.
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Hospital workers in the United States and Canada are under an increasing threat of violence according to a new survey by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS). The organizations 2014 Healthcare Crime Survey reveals that violent crimes, which include murder, rape, and robbery, were up by 16% in 2013 as compared to data collected in 2012.
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Most hospital administrators would say that safety and security are of paramount importance; however, there are legal challenges that need to be considered when implementing plans to safeguard a facility.
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While hospital shootings are not commonplace, studies suggest they are happening with increasing frequency, and that EDs are particularly vulnerable to this type of violence. Researchers report that roughly a third of all hospital shootings occur in the emergency setting
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Want to rest easy about your compliance and revenue maximization efforts for the rest of the year? No time is a better time than right now to check up on how things are performing before the fall rush to implement ICD-10, add new codes to charge masters, update fee schedules, and train all of those new providers who started over the summer.
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