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J Healthc Prot Manage · Jan 2009
Shifting liability? when police officers 'drop off' a person in the ER.
- John M White.
- Security Services, Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA, USA. john.white@enloe.org
- J Healthc Prot Manage. 2009 Jan 1; 25 (2): 95-8.
AbstractPolice layoffs in the present economic downturn may increase a law enforcement practice of leaving before the persons they bring to hospital ERs are evaluated by the clinical staff. In effect, says the author, they are transferring liability for the patient to the hospital and its security staff. Many hospitals, he reports, are unaware of the liability risks they are undertaking in such situations.
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