Enterprise Risk Management Resource Library
Adverse Events, Apology, Disclosure, & Errors
Admissibility
Admissibility to Communications of Sympathy
How to Respond to an Adverse Event
Medically Induced Trauma Support Services
Mix of Methods Used to Identify Adverse Events (Study)
Sorry Works! Coalition
When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events (Harvard Hospitals 2006)
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 Complaints
Coding
Coding for Revenue at QuantiaMD
Coding Secrets Unlocked
How to Bill Like a Lawyer
ICD-10: Are you Prepared?
ICD-10: Provider Office Changes
ICD-10: Transition Preparation
ICD-10: Translator
ICD-10: Website Countdown Widget
Communication - Patient Relations
American Academy on Communication in Healthcare
Balint Training
Email Communication with Patients
Establishing a Rapport
Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand
- Manual
- Video
Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Importance of Cultural Competency and Communication in Medical Care
Institute for Healthcare Communication
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
Are you Ready: Electronic Medical Records
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
EMR Advisory Group
EMR Comparison Tool
EMR Implementation Guide (TMA)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Help with EMR
Guide to Reducing Unintended Consquences of Electronic Health Records
KLAS (Healthcare technology rating company)
Meaningful Use Handouts (TMA 2010)
Meaningful Use Identifier (TMA)
Retention of Medical Records
General Medicine
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
AMA's Frequently Asked Questions about HIPAA Privacy Rules
FAQ on HIPAA from the American Academy of Private Physicians
HIPAA Blog
TMA HIPAA Resource Center
Understanding Health Information Privacy
HIPAA Compliance Guide
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Infection Control
CDC Guide to Infection Prevention: Outpatient Settings
CDC Check List to Infection Prevention
Multi-Dose Vials
Partnering to Heal: Teaming-Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections
Sterilization: Instrumental in Patient Safety
Informed Consent / Informed Refusal
AMA Legal Summary
Best Practices for Informed Consent
Consent for HIV Testing
Consent for Treatment of Minors
Defining Informed Consent
Informed Consent for the Physician-TX
Vaccination Refusal Q&A
Medication/Prescription Related
Adverse Drug Event Reporting PDR System
Darvon and Darvocet Alert
"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
Patient Resource Guide for Physicians (PDR)
PDR Pain Management Prescribing Guide 2010
Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, April 2008
Sample Medication Log - Dispensed by Drug Name
Taming the Sample Closet
Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads (Approved List)
Tamper Resistant Prescriptions (TX Health & Human Services)
Mississippi Specific Resources
IQH (The Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for MS)
Medical Group Management Association (MS)
Mississippi Hospital Association
Mississippi Patient Safety Coalition
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Mississippi State Department of Health
Obstetrics
Causation—Fetal Brain Injury and Uterine Rupture
Required Information for Parents of Newborn Children
Office-Based Surgery
AAOS Now: Infection Prevention
Office-Based Surgery: Pre-Operative Checklist
Office-Based Surgery: Post-Operative Checklist
Orthopedics
AAOS Patient Safety Programs and Resources
Closed claim study 2004: Lessons relearned - American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Patient Follow Up
Cornell Study: Physicians Frequently Fail to Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results
Pain Management
Informed Consent & Pain Management Agreement (from the Texas Pain Society)
PDR Pain Management Prescribing Guide 2010
Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Tools and Resources
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Patient Safety Exchange
Books on Risk Management, Security, Medical Error, & Patient Safety
Check lists Save Lives
"Do Not Use" List
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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 Checklists Cut Costs at Physician Practicis
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
Safety Alerts delivered electronically (PDR Network)
QuantiaMD Series in Safety and Reimbursement
The Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT)
Wrong Site Surgery Prevention
Pediatrics
Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, April 2008
To LP or not LP (Delayed Meningitis Diagnosis)
Physician-Patient Relationship
The Edges of Physician Liability
Physician Stress Management
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
Follow-up on Ordered Tests: How's Your System?
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 (TMA)
Practice e-Tips Greatest Hits (TMA)
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
ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices (2007)
Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite. Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, February 2008
Regulatory Compliance
Ergonomics Checklist
New Physicians Road Map: Avoiding Fraud
National HIV/AIDS Clinician's Consultation Center, Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Hotline
OSHA Compliance Help
OSHA Sample Programs
OSHA Self Inspection Plan
State HIV Testing Laws
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
Telemedicine
Policies & Proceedures for Emailing Patients
Texas Rules on Telemedicine
Texas Specific Resources
Admissibility of Communications of Sympathy in TX
Admissibility (American Bar Association)
Informed Consent- for the Physician - Texas
Informed Consent in Texas (Guidelines from the Texas Medical Association)
Required Notices for Patients and Employees (Texas Medical Association)
Required information for Parents of Newborn Children
Texas Laws Affecting Health Information Management Professionals
Texas Medical Disclosure Panel (Includes: "A" & "B")
TMF Health Quality Institute, formerly the Texas Medical Foundation
UpToDate
An evidenced-based, peer reviewed information resource
UpToDate CME Resource
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