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    "pk": 42039,
    "title": "Medical Malpractice in the Waiting Room: Who Is at Risk?",
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    "abstract": "<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Prolonged emergency department (ED) wait times pose problems for both patients and ED staff. Poor patient outcomes can result in litigation that could have been prevented by faster access to care.</p>\n<p><strong>Case Series: </strong>We present 10 lawsuits involving patients who experienced poor outcomes allegedly due to inappropriate management in the waiting room. These cases involved allegations of violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) or general negligence and were levied against both the physicians and hospitals involved.</p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Both common law and EMTALA’s medical screening exam requirements impose significant obligations on physicians and hospitals to proactively manage patients in the waiting room. Being familiar with these requirements may help minimize legal risks</p>",
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    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Malpractice"
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        {
            "word": "Waiting Room"
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        {
            "word": "EMTALA"
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        {
            "word": "negligence"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Medical Legal Case Report",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4h83s5nn",
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        {
            "first_name": "Kayla",
            "middle_name": "P",
            "last_name": "Carpenter",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Mayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Laura",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Walker",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Mayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Rachel",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Lindor",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Mayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2025-01-23T21:36:37.127000Z",
    "date_accepted": "2025-05-28T20:48:39.946000Z",
    "date_published": "2025-09-10T21:26:00Z",
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