Articles Tagged With: patients
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Patients Are Reading Ethicists’ Documentation
Patients can now view ethics documentation in real time, just as they can view the notes of other clinical providers, as a result of the “Open Notes” requirement in the 21st Century Cures Act (implemented in 2021).
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Patients Want Spiritual Support — But Can Clinicians Provide It?
Many patients struggling with a serious or advanced illness want to talk with clinicians about spirituality.
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Emergency Department Management of Violent Patients
A violent patient is someone under medical care who is a threat of danger to themselves, other patients, or hospital staff. Like many of the problems we face in the emergency department, the management of a violent (or potentially violent) patient is not always straightforward. Each encounter will be influenced by the patient’s background, underlying health conditions, comorbid issues, psychiatric history, socioeconomic factors, and much more.
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CDC: Vaccinate Dialysis Patients, Staff for SARS-CoV-2
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is undertaking a major emphasis program to immunize patients and staff at dialysis centers nationally against COVID-19.
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Defining Patient- and Family-Centered Care Outcomes in the ICU
Using semi-structured interviews with intensive care unit (ICU) survivors and their family members, investigators identified several ICU processes of care and outcomes after the ICU that were important to this population.
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The Four C’s of Patient Care
Every day, case managers face pressure to achieve optimal outcomes in a multitude of scenarios. At the core of each case is the patient’s understanding of medical care, their ability to think critically, make decisions about their care, and use good judgment. Capacity, competency, coping, and choice are the core considerations every case manager should examine with each patient.
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Surviving Spouse Awarded $1.1 Million for Patient’s Delayed Cancer Diagnosis
Although the parties disputed several essential facts in this case, one important, incontrovertible fact was the patient missed several follow-up appointments, failed to schedule tests recommended by the care providers, and thus contributed to her injuries. Physicians and care providers only have so much ability to compel patients to seek treatment.
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$3.1 Million Awarded to Veteran for Permanent Damages from Negligent Abscess Drainage
This case, and the significant monetary award, reveals some important lessons about liability and damages, including how statutory maximums can affect medical malpractice actions.
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Brain Damage Lawsuit Settles for $5 Million
This case exemplifies the benefits of resolving medical malpractice litigation through negotiation and prior to an adverse verdict. There are many factors that can affect a mutual agreement between the parties and a settlement, but such efforts can be extremely beneficial to physicians and care providers to better control payment amounts in the event of liability and to reduce negative exposure and publicity.
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Wearable Technology Reinforces Case Management Teaching, Provides Data
Case management can extend its reach through wearable technology that tracks a patient’s exercise level, sleeping habits, vital signs, medication use, injuries, gait, and other data.