There are many clinical decision rules to stratify patients in terms of risk, but some of the most important are the Canadian Head CT Rule and the New Orleans Criteria.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has recently reversed itself, and again allows most rookie doctors to work up to 24 hours continuously.
There has been no consensus among cardiologists about whether cardiac disease screening should be done and how effective it is in determining risk of heart disease.
In Washington, a surgeon probably doesn’t have to tell you if she’s never performed the surgery she is planning to perform on you.
The over-riding criticism of EMR, however, is the tendency to “cut and paste” information.
Recent Gallup Poll again shows Nurses and Doctors rate highly in categories of honesty and ethical standards. Lawyers – not so much.
Urgent Care Clinics have sprung up to fill a perceived gap in healthcare, available for folks who have needs that don’t rise to the level of an emergency room visit, or when it is inconvenient to see their primary doctor.
In a recent article in Journal of Patient Safety, it was reported that fewer than 2% of physicians were accountable for more than 50% of all settlement made in medical malpractice cases.