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Medical Malpractice Insights: Excellent documentation supports standard of care and avoids lawsuit

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Code Stroke is called and he is seen by a neurologist within 10 minutes. He is admitted with a diagnosis of brainstem stroke and treated by the neurologist with ASA only.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Back to Basics

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Examine the patient. And listen to your EMS providers and nurses. EMS is called, and he is brought to the ED for a reported “slip and fall” with associated facial abrasions.

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Grand Rounds Recap 2.14.24

Taming the SRU

Sometimes even the smallest contributions can make the biggest difference in patient experience and overall ED quality.

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Contrast Media Shortage of 2022 – Lessons Learned

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Pillai, MBBS (@sspillai01, EM Resident Physician, University of Kentucky) and Christopher N. 2 In response to the constrained availability of contrast media, emergency medicine (EM) and radiology departments were compelled to enact modifications in their imaging techniques. Authors: Saran S. 11 Table 1.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Patient dies hours after discharge for “migraine”

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. An attorney is consulted and the records referred to an EM expert for review. My MDM shows that I considered the possibility of an aneurysm, meningitis, hemorrhage, stroke, and temporal arteritis.