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Hospital workers demand CEO resign after ER docs terminated
After terminating 13 emergency room physicians, employees of Weslaco, Texas-based Knapp Medical Center are calling for the CEO's resignation, reports The Monitor. Tension between the hospital's
ER docs order tests to avoid lawsuits first, help patients second
A patient's best interests may not be motivating emergency room doctors to order tests as much as self-protection from medical liability lawsuits, a new survey from the American College of Emergency
Primary care, ER docs compromise care with poor communication
Disorganized communication between emergency room doctors and primary-care physicians can undermine effective care, a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change finds. This poor
Wrong patient phone numbers causing safety problems for ER docs
Emergency room doctors across the country say the problem of wrong patient phone numbers is getting worse, at a potential cost to patient safety. As a result, some hospitals are turning to
Critics bash organ transplant pilot program over ethical concerns
Emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital, also in Pittsburgh, have a green light to preserve organs from just two
