ED Legal Letter articles from July 2008

ED Legal Letter archives from July 2008

Shortage of on-call specialists for your ED? Help may be on the way.
July 1, 2008... Shortage of on-call specialists for your ED? Help may be on the way CMS to allow shared or "community"on-call programs By Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP, Contributing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

Is "the ED was just too crowded" ever a good defense?
July 1, 2008... Is "the ED was just too crowded" ever a good defense? Strategy is likely to backfire Crowding is increasingly becoming a factor in litigation involving emergency department care, putting nurses and physicians at increased risk for...

SPECIAL REPORT: Holding Orders: Increased Risk for Emergency Physicians.
July 1, 2008... SPECIAL REPORT Holding Orders: Increased Risk for Emergency Physicians? By Jonathan D. Lawrence, MD, JD, FACEP, Contributing Editor, Emergency Physician St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, Assistant Professor of Medicine,...

Could electronic medical records get your ED sued?
July 1, 2008... Could electronic medical records get your ED sued? Risk of recently added tools may not yet be known Increasing numbers of EDs are implementing electronic medical records (EMRs), including computerized physician order entry (CPOE),...

CNE/CME Objectives/Questions.
July 1, 2008... CNE/CME Objectives After completing this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Identify legal issues relating to emergency medicine practice; 2. Explain how these issues affect nurses, physicians, legal counsel, management,...