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  • New Employment Contract Pitfalls to Avoid

    A contract is an agreement between two parties. To be legally binding, a contract must have an...
  • Asset Protection for the EM Physician: Consider These 10 Steps Before You Are Sued

    If you practice emergency medicine long enough, odds are that you will become a defendant in a...
  • Resident Supervision and Risk Management

    We can all learn from our own mistakes – in health care, the question becomes at what...

New Employment Contract Pitfalls to Avoid

November 1, 2013 - William P. Sullivan, D.O, J.D., ACEP News Contributing Writer - 0 Comment

A contract is an agreement between two parties. To be legally binding, a contract must have an…

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Asset Protection for the EM Physician: Consider These 10 Steps Before You Are Sued

October 1, 2013 - Douglas Segan, M.D., J.D., ACEP News Contributing Writer - 0 Comment

If you practice emergency medicine long enough, odds are that you will become a defendant in a…

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Resident Supervision and Risk Management

August 1, 2013 - Graham Billingham, M.D. and Alan Gelb, M.D. - 0 Comment

We can all learn from our own mistakes – in health care, the question becomes at what…

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We have met the enemy (Part II)

June 1, 2013 - Louise B. Andrew, M.D. - 0 Comment

[Editor’s Note: Last month’s column discussed dealing with an unethical expert before a trial.] What can you…

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We have met the enemy (Part I)

May 1, 2013 - Louise B. Andrew, M.D. - 0 Comment

Physicians loathe many aspects of the American system of jurisprudence. Whenever a malpractice claim is made, a…

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Is “Severe Pain” considered an emergency medical condition under EMTALA?

April 1, 2013 - Robert A. Bitterman, M.D. - 1 Comment

There exists a common misconception that both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the…

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Beyond the form: Talking points on informed consent

March 1, 2013 - Diana Nordlund, D.O., J.D., and Andrew Koslow, M.D., J.D. - 0 Comment

We’ve all been there: discussing the case of appendicitis in room six with the on-call surgeon, and…

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The hazards of social networking

February 1, 2013 - Mark Olivier, M.D. - 0 Comment

Social media is a collection of Internet-based platforms which allow people to connect and interact. A 2011…

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Learn to supervise your advanced practice provider

January 1, 2013 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

Some of the most important risk areas related to advanced practice providers (APPs) or mid-level providers include:…

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Know Your Professional Liability Policy

December 1, 2012 - Diana Nordlund, DO, JD and Andrew Koslow, MD, JD - 0 Comment

The Medical Legal Committee’s all-College survey (ACEP News April 2012) indicated that very few members had obtained…

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