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Medical Malpractice Insights: Radiology over-reads – Who’s responsible?

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Chuck Pilcher, MD, FACEP Editor, Medical Malpractice Insights Editor, Med Mal Insights Radiology over-reads – Who’s responsible? To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here.

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Contrast Media Shortage of 2022 – Lessons Learned

EMDocs

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. In most cases, the radiology team functioned as the main decision-maker playing a key role in drafting institutional protocols. 11 Table 1.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Failed communication of incidental mediastinal mass

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. A mediastinal mass – or any “OMG” imaging result warrants discussion with radiology and sharing the information with the patient. To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Dirt left in wound leads to infection

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. ” EM Doc : I depend entirely on the radiology report. Result : The patient healed with scarring. To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here. I don ’ t ever view x-rays myself.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: A Rare Presentation – Groin pain? Nec fasc? Diabetes? Appendicitis?

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine , 52 (2), 183-187. Teaching in accident and emergency medicine: 10 commandments of accident and emergency radiology. Teaching in accident and emergency medicine: 10 commandments of accident and emergency radiology. Touquet, R., Driscoll, P., & Nicholson, D.

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Diagnostic Errors, Revisited: Where Do We Go Wrong, and How Can We Change?

ACEP Now

Active extravasation of blood into the hematoma was identified, and the patient was referred to interventional radiology. Patient safety and diagnostic errors research is critical to the design of a health system in which errors are minimized.