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Diagnostic Error in Radiology: Reducing the Risk
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Diagnostic error is becoming a new focus in Patient Safety. This is especially relevant to radiologists because diagnostic error accounts for over half the medical malpractice claims in radiology. This mixed-media Internet activity will examine the sources of diagnostic er...
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Acute Myocardial Infarction: Reducing the Risk of Missed Diagnosis
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) often presents clinically in an evolving and confounding manner, creating a risk-laden situation for both patient and physician. Missed or delayed diagnosis is the most common medical misadventure for primary care and emergency physicians. ...
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Nursing Home Patients: Risk Management in Long Term Care
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Nursing home patients today are older, sicker, and more frail than ever before. Multiple chronic conditions, reduced mobility and cognition put them at risk for polypharmacy, falls, malnutrition, and pressure ulcers. Primary care physicians not based in the nursing home hav...
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Managing the Risks of Anticoagulant Therapy
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Primary care physicians manage many of the patients on long term anticoagulant therapy. They perform a difficult balancing act on a daily basis, weighing each patient’s risk of thromboembolism versus hemorrhage. The preponderance of current medical literature identifies un...
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Prescribing Controlled Substances
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Prescribing Controlled Substances has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Along with it, there has been an increase in patient mortality and medical malpractice claims. Prescribing controlled substances presents a conundrum for physicians and practitioners: ad...
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The New HIV Statute and Regulations: Practical Guidance for Rhode Island Clinicians
Provided by: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
**Upon completion of the activity, participants should be able to:**
* Recognize the importance of statewide initiation of routine HIV testing to permit early diagnosis and help limit the spread of HIV in the community
* Identify the requirements pertaining to HIV coun...
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Professional Liability Risks for Family and General Practice
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Primary care physicians are in short supply, posing the risk of patient overload and increased medical error. Malpractice claims for Family and General Practitioners are on the rise. This Internet presentation reviews the most common medical misadventures for Family and Gene...
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Managing the Dental Patient Relationship and Patient Dismissal as Last Resort
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Dentists know that patient compliance with dental advice is associated with better outcomes and reduced risk. "Fear and Finances" are frequent reasons for noncompliance. This self-paced Internet activity presents cases and criteria designed to assist the dental practitioner ...
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Disclosure of Medical Error: A Physician's Risk Management Guide
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Discussing adverse medical events with patient and family is perhaps the most difficult conversation physicians will undertake. Too often, physicians postpone, delegate or avoid these difficult conversations. Prompt, empathic communication initiated by the physician is the...
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School Administrator Training (on RXpreceptor software) for Internship, Externship, and Experiential Education Departments of Participating Colleges and Universities
Provided by: RXinsider (RXpreceptor)
In depth, hands on training of all aspects and modules found within the RXpreceptor ELMS (Experiential Learning Management System) software. After completion of this training, school administrator will be able to fully set up and utilize the school’s RXpreceptor account, a...
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Diagnostic Error & Claims: Reducing the Risk
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Diagnostic Error has been described as the New Frontier in Patient Safety. Claims data supports this contention. A large study by the Rand Corporation has demonstrated that patient adverse events and medical malpractice claims go hand in hand … and that reducing one can ...
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