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09/27/2023
Mental health is one of the top 10 reasons people visit the emergency department, but follow-up care is not always adequate. Are there ways hospitals can help these patients? Tell us via our poll!
09/27/2023
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08/26/2023
A Florida Court of Appeals was asked to dismiss a case against a hospital because the hospital’s ED was operated by an independent contractor physician group, and the doctor who treated the patient was...
08/26/2023
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pop quiz
06/30/2023
Fatigue is a common issue for health care providers, including emergency medicine physicians who are often subject to shift scheduling with long hours and short breaks between shifts. Test your knowledge on...
06/30/2023
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06/20/2023

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
The patient was hospitalized in 2004 when a computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass on her right kidney, but neither the patient nor her family was notified of the mass. In 2006, she was again...
06/20/2023
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Brain scan
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06/03/2023
A jury recently found an emergency department (ED) physician and radiologist liable for failing to diagnose a brain-stem stroke in a patient who was subsequently left with “locked-in syndrome,” which is...
06/03/2023
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artificial intelligence
Poll
04/07/2023
Do you think that the intensive care unit should have artificial intelligence? Let us know by taking our poll.
04/07/2023
Challenges in Health Care
Challenges in Health Care
02/10/2023
When patients need to see their primary care provider, but the office is closed for the day, they may present to the emergency department. How often would you say this happens in your practice? Tell us via...
02/10/2023
Medical Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
08/04/2022
A Florida physician and the facility at which he worked have been ordered to pay approximately $7.6 million after a bacterial infection was misdiagnosed as a sprained ankle, resulting in the patient...
08/04/2022
radiology
radiology
06/09/2022
A 41-year-old man went to his local hospital for an MRI with gadolinium to improve contrast. A radiology technologist was tending to the patient in the radiology room when she realized that he was having an...
06/09/2022
Legal Medicine
Legal Medicine
04/21/2022
One day, an 89-year-old woman was brought in from the nursing home where she was residing.
04/21/2022