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CME links are indicated:

Adverse Events, Medical Errors, Disclosure & Apology
The Art of Apology: When and How to Seek Forgiveness

How to Respond to an Adverse Event

Impact of Medical Errors on Physicians

JAMA Article: Patients' and Physicians' Attitudes Regarding the Disclosure of Medical Errors

Medically Induced Trauma Support Services

Mix of methods is needed to identify adverse events in general practice: A prospective observational study

Sorry Works! Coalition

When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events. A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals, March 2006

Americans with Disabilities Act
Duty to Hearing Impaired Patients

Ambulatory Surgery
Patient Screening and Assessment in Ambulatory Surgical Facilities

Anesthesiology
ASA's Patient Safety Module CME site

Annotated List of Online CME: Updated frequently, over 300 links and thousands of activities approved for AMA Category I CME credit.

Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)

Aortic Dissection
Aortic Dissection at Any Age, The Tyler Kahle Story

Asset Protection
What Physician Practice Groups Need to Know

Case Studies - Real Malpractice Claims and Suits Analyzed for Your Benefit
A Physician Cannot Hide Behind the Fact that He Was Only "On-Call"

A Physician Should Not Lose Focus of the Patient’s Primary Complaint

Coding
Clinical Documentation Improvement for Coding

Coding for Revenue at QuantiaMD

Coding Secrets Unlocked

How to Bill Like a Lawyer

Communications - Patient Relations (CME)
American Academy on Communication in Healthcare

Balint Training

Communicating with Your Doctor: An excellent 5-minute video to post on your practice website for your patients

Cultural Competence (CME)

Doctor of Osteopathy online CME

Establishing a Rapport

Importance of Cultural Competency and Communication in Medical Care

Institute for Healthcare Communication

Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency (CME)

"What Did the Doctor Say?": Improving Health Literacy to Improve Patient Safety

Workshop Toward Health Equality and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement

Documentation
Texas Medical Board Rules on Adequate Medical Records

Electronic Medical Records Resources
AC Group, Inc., a healthcare technology advisory and research firm

American Academy of Family Physician’s Center for Health Information Technology

American Health Information Management Association

American Medical Association

Are you Ready: Electronic Medical Records

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

EMR: Evaluation, Selection, and Legal Considerations (CME)

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

KLAS (Healthcare technology rating company)

General Medicine
AHRQ: Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web (CME)

Guide to Good Medical Practice – USA

Preventing Infection Deaths: Best Practices Grand Rounds at QuantiaMD (4-part series)

HCNN Medical Alerts
HCNN Free Medical Alert Program

HIPAA
Frequently Asked Questions About HIPAA Privacy Rules

HIPAAdvisory, A hub of HIPAA information on the web

Office of Civil Rights Guidance Explaining Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule

Informed Consent
AMA Legal Summary

Medication/Prescription Related
"Do Not Use" List

Error Prone Abbreviation List & High Alert Medications from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Malpractice Land Mines: Avoiding Medication Error Disasters

Nurse Advise-ERR

Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, April 2008.

Sample Medications in the Office Practice

Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Requirement

Miscellaneous CME
Public Health Foundation’s TRAIN

Mississippi Specific Resources
Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Mississippi

Medical Group Management Association of Mississippi

Mississippi Patient Safety Coalition

Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

Mississippi State Department of Health

Obstetrics
Causation—Fetal Brain Injury and Uterine Rupture

Peri-FACTS, A Multimedia eJournal for Obstetric Care Providers (CME)

Orthopedics
AAOS Orthopedic Knowledge Online Risk Management (CME)

AAOS Patient Safety Programs and Resources

AAOS Physician Education (CME)

Closed claim study 2004: Lessons relearned. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery

Pain Management
Informed Consent & Pain Management Agreement (from the Texas Pain Society)

Pain Management (CME) AMA Online Series

Q & A on Medical Board Complaints regarding Pain Management

Patient Follow Up
Cornell Study: Physicians Frequently Fail to Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results

Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Tools and Resources

American College of Physicians Patient Safety CME

Books on Risk Management, Security, Medical Error, & Patient Safety

"Do Not Use" List

Health Care Notification Network (HCNN), the online service that delivers urgent patient safety alerts to healthcare providers.

MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program

National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Resources for Healthcare Professionals

Nine Patient Safety Solutions

Patient Safety for Physicians (CME) from Agency for Health Research and Quality, the National Patient Safety Foundation, and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Patient Safety Practices, an online resource for improving patient safety

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

QuantiaMD Series in Safety and Reimbursement

This Month for Physicians from Joint Commission

Pediatrics
Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, April 2008.

To LP or not LP (Delayed Meningitis Diagnosis)

Physician Stress Management
Coping with Stress in the Practice of Medicine (CME)

Physician Litigation Stress Resource Center

Practice Risk Management
Can the Ambulatory Care Setting Learn Lessons from Other High Risk Domains?

Considerations for A Physician Using a Hospitalist

Defending You: Help Us Be Successful

If You Receive a Notice of Claim, Act Fast

Office-Based Risk Management Guidelines, including Facilities, Clinical Tracking Systems, Documentation, Key Policies and Procedures and Personnel Issues

Patient Dismissal Guidelines

Practice e-Tips on Risk Management from the Texas Medical Association

Sample Medications in the Office Practice

Three Steps to a Risk Management Plan

Professional Legal Issues
Settlement Evaluation Through a Telescope vs. a Microscope: Settlements and the Practitioner’s Professional Reputation

Radiology
Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, February 2008.

SecuReach Systems
SecuReach Systems

Spanish Patient Education Resources
National Cancer Institute CancerNet

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Publications

OB/GYN GINE-web

Surgery
American College of Surgeons NORA Institute for Surgical Patient Safety

Journal of the American College of Surgeons Online CME – 1 Program

UpToDate
An evidenced-based, peer reviewed information resource
UpToDate CME Resource