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Article: Did covering Dr. have 'Dr.-Pt.' or 'curbside consultation' relationship?(Medical Law Case of the Month)
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- Medical Law's Regan Report
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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CASE ON POINT: Kelley v. Middle TN Emergency Physicians, P.C., 133 S.W.3d 587-TN (2004)
ISSUE: In this extraordinary Tennessee case, the state Supreme Court was confronted with the issue of whether a cardiologist "covering" for another cardiologist had a physician-patient relationship with a patient of Dr. Fleet. When an ER physician called a group practice, he found that the physician who had attended the patient during an earlier myocardial infarction (MI) was not available. He then spoke with a "covering" physician. During a brief conversation between the covering doctor and the ER doctor, a course of treatment, including the discharge of the patient, was ...
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