

Failure to Diagnose
In the wrongful death settlement with DuPage Medical Group, Alexian Brothers and Ochoa family,(Personal Injury Lawyers at Cogan &...


Can Defensive Medicine Decrease Lawsuits?
The authors of Physician spending and subsequent risk of malpractice claims: observational study try to determine whether increased...


Dilemma of Accurate Data Collection
In the article "How your hospital can make you sick", Consumer Reports paints a pretty negative picture of hospital acquired infections....


“Uberizing” Pre-Hospital Care
An Economic Toolkit for Identifying the Cost of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems: Detailed Methodology of the EMS Cost Analysis...


Malpractice: A Guide to Getting Sued
This primer on malpractice is an excellent review for all providers regardless of their level of experience. It divides this dark side of...


What is the problem with interoperability?
In a recent article by Dave Levin, MD, the astute and experienced physician points out the "reasonable, but incorrect assumption that two...


Expansion of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Setting Stage For Single Payer Health Insu
In the article “Are Nurse Practitioners and PA’s Taking Emergency Physician’s Jobs?,” the author gives an excellent summary of the...


2-Hour Length of Stay ED, Would You Like Some Fries with That?
In the ED community there is a new marketing tool—30 minute or no-wait Emergency Department. The implication is that a provider...


The Most Expensive Tool in Medicine (“THE CLICK”)
In the article "Price transparency in electronic health records not linked to changes in physician ordering: The PRICE trial", a cost...


Malpractice Dangers in the Patient Handoff
In a recent article by Mark Crane, the author makes the statement “The handoff of a patient from one physician to another has long been a...