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PHYSICIAN. One lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine.
     2. A physician in England cannot recover for fees, as his practice is altogether honorary. Peake C. N. P. 96, 123; 4 T. R. 317.
     3. But in Pennsylvania, and perhaps in all the United States, he may recover for his services. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 416. The law implies, therefore, a contract on the part of a medical man, as well as those of other professions, to discharge their duty in a skillful and attentive manner; and the law will redress the party injured by their neglect or ignorance. 1 Saund. 312, R; 1 Ld. Raym. 213; 2 Wils. 359; 8 East, 348.
     4. They are sometimes answerable criminally for mala praxis. (q.v.) 2 Russ. on Cr. 288; Ayl. Pand. 213; Com. Dig. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t.

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president of the American Academy of Neurology, in a recent letter to emergency physicians.

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Although over 150 hospitals have registered to use the VeriMed System, EMA is the first emergency physician group in the United States to have the VeriMed System available in all 18 of its contract hospitals.

VeriChip Corporation Deploys VeriMed System in 18 Emergency Departments Through Emergency Medical Associates' Client Hospitals; Leading Physician Group To Utilize VeriMed System Throughout Hospitals in New York and New Jersey

Lawrence Vickman, MD, is an emergency physician practicing in Boise, Idaho.

Up front and personal

Michael Lambert, who provides ultrasound education programs to SonoSite customers, has been recognized by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) for his outstanding commitment to ultrasound education for emergency physicians.

Educator for SonoSite Clinical Programs Recognized by American Academy of Emergency Medicine; Dr. Michael Lambert Receives Educator of the Year Award

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a new poll.

ER Visits Continue to Rise Since Implementation of Affordable Care Act

Broselow, an emergency physician in Hickory, North Carolina, first created the Broselow Tape in 1988.

Picis Adds Broselow-Luten Color Coding Kids to Ibex PulseCheck; First and only EDIS to incorporate well-known standard for pediatric safety

Similarly, it would follow that an emergency physician group with a large California base would have valuable experience in many other challenging areas that was applicable to emergency medicine services delivery in the DMC community.

ER Physicians at DeKalb Medical Center -DMC- Transition From Hospital Employees to California-Based Private Physician Practice Model

Now, with the support of Connecting for Health and two national foundations, we are ready to link our network with two very different communities in other parts of the United States," said John Halamka, MD, chief information officer for CareGroup HealthCare System and an emergency physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Prototype for a Nationwide Health Information Exchange to Be Launched by Connecting for Health

Taylor, MD, FACEP, emergency physician and chief medical officer for MediLinks ED.

MediServe Launches MediLinks ED Emergency Department Information System at Annual EDIS National Symposium

Kaplan is director of service and operational excellence for CEP America Emergency Physician Partners in Emeryville, Calif.