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5 Strategies To Head Off Malpractice Claims in the ER
I have always had an interest in risk management in the ER, a world in which it is a statistical inevitability that there will be bad outcomes. This interest stems from my fundamental belief that Emergency Physicians are well-intentioned, morally upright individuals. And so it frustrates me when some bad outcomes lead to malpractice litigation. […]
Read ArticleLeadership in the ED: Being a Floor General for Your Team
In sports, the most successful athletes are not necessarily those that have had the best individual statistics, but are those that have managed to make their teammates better around them: Magic Johnson, Isaiah Thomas, or to use a hot new name – Jeremy Lin. These athletes epitomize selfless leadership on the court. While their own […]
Read ArticleRisk Management: Rules of the Road for Emergency Medicine
Risk management are words that strike fear into the hearts of many physicians. It is like seeing police lights in your rear view mirror. There are many physicians who constantly worry about being sued. Ironically, these are the ultraconservative who perform every test possible to exclude any and all potential liability. It’s like driving ten […]
Read ArticleRecruiting Challenges in Emergency Medicine
With U.S. unemployment figures hovering at about 9.7%, the emergency care provider (physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner) has continued to be a hunted commodity. Indeed, there are approximately 22,000 board certified emergency physicians currently in practice. Staffing each ED in the US with just one board certified physician at a time would require 40,000 physicians. […]
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