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Medico Legal , Patient Interactions

What Does It Mean for My Patient to Have Decision-Making Capacity?

2/10/2023 Blythe Fiscella, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD
Our responsibility to attempt therapeutic relationships and try to understand where our patients are coming from is not “window dressing.” Capacity assessments often, but not always, appear at moments
Administration & Operations , Medico Legal

RVUs and You

6/10/2022 Margaret Provencher, MD , Dheeraj Duggineni, MD , Hisham Valiuddin, DO
Be specific, and be smart, about documenting, charting, and coding patient encounters. Underbilling results in lost opportunities for physicians and their institutions.
Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal , Medical Liability , Administration & Operations

Risk Management: Falls in the Emergency Department

10/16/2018 Ashley Guthrie, DO , Steven Hochman, MD, FACEP
Crowded, busy emergency departments seem susceptible to an increased risk of slip-and-fall accidents that keep administrators awake at night. But does the evidence bear out this assumption?
Medical Students , Advising , Workplace , Medico Legal , Burnout

When the Dust Settles: A Look After the Match

6/11/2018 Gregory Tanquary, DO, MBA , Chichen Qiu, MD
Preparing for the Match can be all-consuming. But what happens afterward? This 3-part series will explore a few key topics. We addressed housing and finances, and now we tackle professional life.
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Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal , Clinical , Urology

Urinary Tract Infections

1/29/2016 EM Resident
Urinary Tract Infections From the July 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department.” Reprinted with permission. To ac
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

1/29/2016 EM Resident
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease From the July 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Emergency Department: Managing Flares and Long-Ter
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Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Syncope in Adult Patients

12/1/2015 EM Resident
Syncope in Adult Patients From the April 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Syncope: Risk Stratification and Clinical Decision Making.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA member
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Pediatric EM , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Clinical

Urinary Tract Infection in Children

12/1/2015 EM Resident
Urinary Tract Infection in Children From the May 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Emergency Department Diagnostics and Interventions.” Repri
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal

Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children

10/8/2015 EM Resident
Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children From the April 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Apparent Life-Threatening Events In Children: Practical Evaluation And Management.”
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Clinical , Infectious Disease , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: Malaria, Dengue, and West Nile Virus

10/8/2015 EM Resident
Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: Malaria, Dengue, and West Nile Virus From the May 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Emergency Department Management of Mosquito-Borne Illness: Malaria, Dengue, and

#FOAMed and External Sources

Yes, Officer: Law Enforcement and the Emergency Department

Brown Emergency Medicine 05/13/2020

The Medical Malpractice Curriculum for Emergency Physicians

Brown Emergency Medicine 10/19/2020

New Legal Frontiers to Safeguard Reproductive Freedoms

JAMA Current Issue 03/21/2023

New Legal Frontiers to Safeguard Reproductive Freedoms

JAMA Online First 01/30/2023
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