a question about EM docs

[docnms]

can a EM doc see a pt. in the er and then if need be send the pt to there clinic for further treatment or is it a conflict of interest?

 

[OSUdoc08]

can a EM doc see a pt. in the er and then if need be send the pt to there clinic for further treatment or is it a conflict of interest?

This has happened every time I shadow in the ER. It is very common to ask the patient to return to the clinic for follow-up.

 

[Apollyon]

can a EM doc see a pt. in the er and then if need be send the pt to there clinic for further treatment or is it a conflict of interest?

EVERY patient gets followup - if you don't, there can be a case for abandonment.

If that followup is back in the ED, or a clinic the EM doc works in, there's no conflict.