Articles Tagged With: consult
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Legal Exposure for EDs if On-Call Consultant Refuses to See Patient
There are multiple tactics to secure a consult, even if a specialist is busy. However, if a bad outcome occurs because there was no consult, clinicians should not play the blame game.
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Remote Consults Expand Reach of Ethics, But Complex Cases Remain Challenging
It is too difficult for an ethicist to mediate and facilitate if he or she is not physically present in the room.
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The Unique Characteristics of Surgical Consults
Ethics consults called by surgical specialties differ somewhat from consults called by other hospital specialties. -
Some Consults Specifically Address Moral Distress
A Virginia-based health system has learned much about moral distress and why it is important to recognize and intervene. -
Analysis: Few EMTALA Violations for Vascular-Related Issues
The most frequent vascular-related violations specifically involved lack of vascular specialist availability. Developing specialist networks and maintaining adequate call coverage can help improve patient access to emergency services.
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Lawsuits May Allege Failure to Obtain Dermatology Consults
Shutting out dermatologists can leave a gap in specialty care. This might lead to other specialists consulting and managing conditions outside their scope, or they might transfer patients to a different, distant center.
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Consults Alone Do Not Give Full Ethics Picture: Much Work Goes Unacknowledged
Ethics services are finding that the number of consults requested does not tell the full story of their workload. Insiders share tips on how to quantify these duties.
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All Eyes on Ethics: Pandemic Means ‘Shift from Status Quo’
The diverse backgrounds of clinical ethicists have strengthened COVID-19 responses at many hospitals. Patients and family, clinicians, and administrators are turning to ethics for help.
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Ethics Recommendations Span Years for Some Patients
When someone requests an ethics consult, the patient’s social and clinical history is important to know. So is the history of ethicists’ involvement. It is not uncommon for a consult service to be called multiple times over several to assist with a care question that resurfaces.
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Data: Opioids Rising Cause of Ethics Consults
An analysis conducted at a Massachusetts hospital regarding ethics consults related to opioid prescriptions could provide useful insight for other facilities seeing a rise in such requests.