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EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE │ What goes wrong and why

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Kathleen

About four of every 100,000 Emergency Department (ED) visits result in an allegation of medical malpractice. The analysis below of 1,300 medical malpractice cases involving emergency care, provides insight into what is driving these claims. Because their care is episodic … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: emergency department

EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE │ What goes wrong and why

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