Posts tagged: investigating

Jan 30 2009

How the Office of the Inspector General is investigating end of life care

Imagine if you’re the attending on record in the ICU, and find that the federal government is investigating your care in end of life scenarios.

Pallimed discusses an article detailing that exact circumstance at a VA hospital.

Although they found no wrongdoing, they did find “significant variations with the interpretation of appropriate end of life management in the ICU, and recommended the establishment of new guidelines.”
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