Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
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- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
- Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf
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1,768 charswhat was happening in the context of that [request] is that the sinus patients were being diverted from me and directed towards my male colleagues. And very logically, when my schedule is booked out with non- surgical and medical otolaryngology, it seems only appropriate that for patient access they go to the next available . . . I also had direct referrals that were sent to me that were then redirected to Dr. Humphreys. On November 18, 2018, Dr. Davis asked Dr. Litvack to present an epistaxis case from the week before at the November Quality Improvement (QI) meeting. 4 Dr. Litvack responded: Good idea . . . Briefly, he’s a 59 yo man with epistaxis, chronic anticoagulation on xarelto for chronic DVTs. Presented as a new clinic patient on 11/09/18 for removal of rhino rockets after two failed rhino rockets at local ED. At presentation, he had been bleeding on and off since 4 am and had passed out 3x in last 3 days. Attempted to manage epistaxis in out patient unsuccessfully. Packed nose bilaterally and sent to local ED. Opportunity to discuss: -Triage skill sets & types of clinical resources needed to see an ENT patient in a stand alone clinic. Dr. Davis forwarded her response to Dr. Humphreys stating, “it does not appear she felt that her medical decision making is part of the QI issue nor sending the patient away to a non-UW ED.” The QI meeting took place on November 21, 2018. Dr. Litvack testified 4 Epistaxis is a nosebleed. MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM DICTIONARY, https://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/epistaxis (last visited Apr. 22, 2024). The goal of QI meetings is not punitive but to improve patient care and processes to achieve better outcomes. Every faculty member has had cases presented at QI meetings for various reasons.