Course:

Physician Risk Management 1608

Specialty:	Risk Management	Format:	Text
Course #:	10735	Price:	$10.00
Release date:	2012-08-01	Valid through:	2014-08-01
Publication:	This activity originally appeared in Physician Risk Management.
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Target Audience:

This activity is intended for physicians, physician managers, and risk managers.

Sponsor:

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation:

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty

Physician Editor William Sullivan, DO, JD, FACEP Emergency Physician St. Margaret’s Hospital Spring Valley, IL Clinical Instructor Department of Emergency Medicine Midwestern University Downers Grove, IL Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Illinois Chicago Sullivan Law Office Frankfort, IL Author Stacy Kusterbeck Executive Editor Joy Dickinson Co-Authors Jonathan D. Rubin, Esq. Elizabeth J. Janovic Barbara K. Reding

Subjects:	Did patient suffer harm due to doctor texting, emailing, or surfing the Web? When you can't locate nursing notes in your EMR Spotlight on doctors' role in prescription drug abuse Is there an incidental finding? No follow-up can get you sued Sued? Don't gather information from others Is 'expert' misleading jury, or outright lying?
Objectives:	describe the legal, clinical, financial, and managerial issues pertinent to physician risk management explain the impact of risk management issues on patients, physicians, legal counsel, and management identify solutions to risk management problems for physicians, administrators, risk managers, and insurers to use in overcoming the challenges they face in daily practice.
Financial Disclosure:
Physician Editor William Sullivan, DO, JD, FACEP, Author Stacy Kusterbeck, Executive Editor Joy Dickinson, Co-Authors Jonathan D. Rubin, Elizabeth J. Janovic, and Barbara K. Reding report no consultant, stockholder, speaker's bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study. Copyright 2012 AHC Media LLC. All rights reserved.

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