When Delayed Diagnosis Leads to a Malpractice Lawsuit
Patients presenting to the emergency department with multiple vague and nonspecific symptoms pose a particular diagnostic challenge….
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When Delayed Diagnosis Leads to a Malpractice Lawsuit
Patients presenting to the emergency department with multiple vague and nonspecific symptoms pose a particular diagnostic challenge.... -
Survival Tips for the First Step of a Malpractice Lawsuit
“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was... -
Inconsistent Records & Insufficient Imaging Complicate Malpractice Case
Patients often present to the emergency department with multiple symptoms that do not fit clearly into one...
Survival Tips for the First Step of a Malpractice Lawsuit
“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was…
Inconsistent Records & Insufficient Imaging Complicate Malpractice Case
Patients often present to the emergency department with multiple symptoms that do not fit clearly into one…
I’ve Been Sued for Medical Malpractice—Now What?
When I was first named in a medical malpractice lawsuit, I was working solo nights in a…
The Updated National Practitioner Data Bank Reporting Requirements
Congress enacted the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (Title IV) in 1986, which created the National Practitioner…
Lessons Learned from Court Case that Weakened Peer-Review Protection
On March 27, 2018, the the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sent every emergency medicine contracting group scrambling…
Emergency Physicians Should Know Risks Entailed in Discharging Patients with Pending Blood Cultures
I feel that your article [“Admit or Not?”, May 2017] in ACEP Now was a bit too…
New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling Helps Ensure Patient Care Across State Lines
A recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision has huge professional liability ramifications for physicians treating patients from…
How to Handle a Medical Mistake
Error in judgment must occur in the practice of an art which consists largely of balancing probabilities.—William…
Opinion: Physicians May Be Slow to Change Behaviors, Even With Threat of Malpractice
The article by Dr. Waxman in the January 2015 issue of ACEP Now [“What Is Really Driving…