Enterprise Risk Management Resource Library
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
Texas Law on the Admissibility of Communications of Sympathy
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
Best Practices
Follow-up Phone Call
Informed Consent
Refrigerators in Physician Offices
Return All Phone Calls
Cardiology
Informed Consent for Echocardiogram with Definity
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
CME Web
Specialty specific CME and CE Courses for physicians and nurses
Coding
Clinical Documentation Improvement for Coding
Coding for Revenue at QuantiaMD
Coding Secrets Unlocked
How to Bill Like a Lawyer
Communication - Patient Relations
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
HIPAA Blog
HIPAAdvisory, A hub of HIPAA information on the web
Office of Civil Rights Guidance Explaining Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule
TMA HIPAA Resource Center
Informed Consent
AMA Legal Summary
Best Practices for Informed Consent
Consent for Treatment of Minors
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
Obstetrics
Causation—Fetal Brain Injury and Uterine Rupture
Peri-FACTS, A Multimedia eJournal for Obstetric Care Providers (CME)
Required Information for Parents of Newborn Children
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 Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Patient Safety Exchange
American College of Physicians Patient Safety CME
Books on Risk Management, Security, Medical Error, & Patient Safety
Checklists Save Lives
"Do Not Use" List
Health Care Notification Network (HCNN), the online service that delivers urgent patient safety alerts to healthcare providers.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School for Health (CME)
MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Resources for Healthcare Professionals
National Quality Forum: Safe Practices for Better Healthcare 2009 Update
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
Patient Safety and Medical Errors (CME)
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
QuantiaMD Series in Safety and Reimbursement
The Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT)
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
Results of Statewide Risk Analysis Surveys
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
Texas Specific Resources
Ethic Courses Meeting Texas CME Requirements
Greetings From the TMB: What Happens If You Get Bad News
Informed Consent in Texas (Guidelines from the Texas Medical Association)
Loss Control [Risk Management] Information Not Discoverable or Admissible in Texas
Medical Board Defense
Miscellaneous Online CME Courses from the TMA
Required Notices for Patients and Employees (Texas Medical Association)
Required information for Parents of Newborn Children
Texas Law on the Admissibility of Communications of Sympathy
Texas Medical Board, Medical Records Rules, Chapter 165
Texas Medical Disclosure Panel
Texas Medical Malpractice Law (Chapter 74, Medical Liability)
Texas Occupations Code on Health Professions
TMF Health Quality Institute, formerly the Texas Medical Foundation
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