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Risk Management Focus: The Complete Series
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Need
The need for the program was determined from comments from previous course participants and from malpractice insurers' statistics. |
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Objectives |
| When they complete this course, participants should be able to:
1. Cite the most common motivators that prompt patients to sue.
2. Detect common communication traps that hinder relationships.
3. Handle three specific types of problem patient situations.
4. Develop a plan for strengthening your communication.
5. Know what should be documented in the medical record.
6. Know how errors in the chart should be corrected.
7 Understand when and how should late entries be made.
8. Know what steps should be taken to protect the integrity of the medical record when there are multiple providers.
9. Detect common communication traps that hinder relationships.
10. Recognize the influence of cooperative teamwork on liability control.
11. Develop a plan for strengthening your medical team.
12. Understand the ethical dilemmas created by managed care organizations’ constraints on medical practice.
13. Be able to discuss two types of risk associated with practice in a managed care environment.
14. Be able to analyze a case study to identify the ethical and risk management implications of practice in managed care environment.
Format
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| Risk Management Focus: The Complete Series is a self-study course, with CME test. |
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Target Audience
Risk Management Focus: The Complete Series is designed for physicians of all specialties who want to sharpen their risk management skills. |
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Faculty
This course was authored by Rosemary Gafner, Ed.D. Click here for Dr. Gafner's credentials.
Commercial Support
This course was developed without any commercial support from any outside entity. |
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CME Information
Medical Risk Management, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education to physicians. Medical Risk Management, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1TM credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Enduring Materials.
Nursing CE Information
CorExcel is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Satisfactory completion of the test will earn the nurse 17.9 contact hours.
 Please check with your insurance carrier for approved courses before registering. Courses not approved by your insurance carrier will not be accepted by them for any discounts they may offer.
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