"Once the decision is made to admit a patient, relevant documentation and interventions are completed by nursing staff, taking into account specific patient requirements and medical/surgical
admitting physician requests while awaiting an inpatient bed.
The
admitting physician's prolonged focus on a possible complication from chiropractic manipulation may be characterized as an anchoring bias."
For example, if the test result were a calcium level of 13.5 mg/dL in a patient with diverticulitis and the
admitting physician was a general surgeon, there would be an immediate call to the clinician and an immediate consultation.
"The
admitting physician and his team did not record the possibility of a stroke or carry out a neurological examination.
This is increasingly important since, nationally, the percentage of admissions with hospitalists as the
admitting physician have increased.
The emergency department (ED) record had one list that included items such as "4 or 5 tabs daily." The physician list was different from the ED record, although the
admitting physician approved the ED list.
The fact that the rash had spread to my palms and the bottom of my feet gave the
admitting physician, Dr.
Martha Nocum, the
admitting physician, said Arroyo has undergone an X-ray of the neck.
After the
admitting physician examined the patient, he too notified the nurses that the patient had trouble standing.
hospitalist is the assigned
admitting physician half the time, a MFM is the assigned
admitting physician 14% of the time, and 38% stated that it could be either.
"One limitation to telemedicine is that it is difficult for remote physicians to be the
admitting physician, so they have to communicate very clearly to the physicians who are going to be admitting that patient," says Whitener.
Joby and the kids insisted we take a taxi directly to nearby Changi General Hospital; the
admitting physician confirmed that I had pneumonia.