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Can the ED attending physician be held liable for a patient’s bad outcome even if he or she never saw the patient? In almost all cases, the answer is “yes,” at least to some degree, according to Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, chief medical officer for Emergency Medicine Physicians in Canton, OH, and a member of the board of directors at Physicians Specialty Limited Risk Retention Group.

ED Attending: Liable for Bad Outcome, or Not?