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Medical Examiner and Coroner Systems

JAMA, 1998
Medical legal investigations in the United States (primarily unnatural or suspected unnatural deaths) are carried out by medical examiner or coroner systems. Medical examiners-usually physicians and generally with training in pathology, medicolegal death investigation, and performance of forensic autopsies-generally have greater expertise in unnatural ...
R, Hanzlick, D, Combs
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HIPAA and Access to Medical Information by Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

Academic Forensic Pathology, 2022
Often, medical staff and sometimes their attorneys mistakenly believe that HIPAA prevents disclosure of medical records to medical examiner and coroner offices. Medical examiner and coroner government offices are not covered entities. Moreover, HIPAA specifically allows disclosure to law enforcement, public health, and medical examiner and coroners ...
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Infant mortality in coroner/medical examiner investigations

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2016
Infant mortality rate is generally regarded as a fundamental indicator of population health and is often used to validate public health interventions. Hamilton County, Ohio, has one of the highest rates in the nation. Most deaths that do not occur in the hospital fall under the jurisdiction of a coroner/medical examiner.
Laura M. Seske, William C. Ralston, Louis J. Muglia, James M. Greenberg   +3 more
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Characteristics of Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2013
AbstractThe National Association of Medical Examiners accredits medical examiner and coroner offices. Approximately 60 offices were fully or provisionally accredited as of late 2011, and these offices serve one‐quarter of the U.S. population. The calculated average population served was 1.6M but ranged from 0.3 to 10.5M.
Mitchell, Weinberg, Victor W, Weedn, Seth, Weinberg, David, Fowler   +3 more
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Death Investigation Liability of Medical Examiners and Coroners

Journal of Legal Medicine, 2011
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MEDICAL EXAMINER VERSUS CORONER

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1959
WHETHER the title of office is coroner or medical examiner is unimportant. It is important, however, that the office holder be qualified to discharge the one essential function of his office and that he have the necessary authority and assistance to do so.
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Medical Examiners, Forensic Pathologists, and Coroners

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1997
To the Editor. —After reading the article on coroner training needs by Dr Hanzlick, 1 I feel like I am viewing the rearranging of deck chairs on the Titanic . The basic problem, which politicians, the courts, and, to a lesser degree, the medical profession refuse to face, is that the coroner system is antiquated.
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Coroner and medical examiner documentation of sudden unexplained deaths in epilepsy

Epilepsy Research, 2006
Prevalence data for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) are hampered by its underuse as a final diagnosis on death certificates in appropriate cases. Few data exist about how coroners (COs) and medical examiners (MEs) in the United States use the diagnosis of SUDEP.A survey instrument that addressed demographics, professional background ...
Paul L, Schraeder, Kristen, Delin, Robyn L, McClelland, Elson L, So   +3 more
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Dutch Medical Examiner/Coroner's Euthanasia Report Form

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1993
This document was developed by prosecutor A. Josephus Jitta, Chief, Office of Justice, Alkmaar, The Netherlands, with assistance from physicians and is typical of the euthanasia report forms completed by medical examiners and coroners In The Netherlands.
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Coroner and Medical Examiner Systems

JAMA, 1998
John Plunkett, Lindsey C. Thomas
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