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Are physicians (resident and attending levels) required by law to physically see all their patients during their rounds throughout a patient admission?
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I have a friend who was a patient early last year who presented to the ED with a swollen lower leg and blister near the ankle. Has a history significant for HTN and T2DM. The swelling was rightfully diagnosed as cellulitis, ruling out DVT in the process. IV antibiotics were given. However , my friend was only seen by the attending physician once for a few minutes during the 8 day hospital admission and had to go see a specialist from another institution outpatient for wound care. To this day, my friend still has some inflammation on the leg which causes occasional pain. Due to this, they are wanting to pursue legal action against the ED hospital for not seeing them everyday during rounds

Iā€™m not too familiar with law and medicine as of yet,but are doctors required by law to see their patients every day they are in the hospital? And if so, is there a case for medical negligence or malpractice?

Edit: To add more needed context, this person was being seen by a mid level practitioner (NP/PA) more often during the 8 days, but there were days in which no provider saw my friend. And my friend did request for the attending physician to examine the leg several times. The attending never came back after spending a few minutes on just one day of admission. Maybe a mid level came instead, but from my own experience in the medical field, doctors are suppose to round on their patients every day as part of standard of care. But,then again, mid levels may be able to see patients without attending supervision.

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