Risk Management: Best Practice in Communication and Documentation to Reduce Risk

In this course, RoseMarie Antonacci, Esq., addresses communication and documentation strategies to reduce the risk of delays in diagnosis and treatment of patients. 

Target Audience

Baptist Health medical staff including physicians, physician assistants/physician associates, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, respiratory technicians, patient transporters, patient experience specialists, security officers, human resources staff, hospital leaders and other interested clinical and nonclinical employees. 

Samaritan Physicians: Successful completion of this activity will qualify Samaritan physicians for annual policy discounts. Upon completion, please print your certificate and submit to Samaritan for consideration.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss common causes of delays in accurate diagnoses of medical conditions that require treatment. 
  • Identify practice patterns/processes to reduce the risk of such delays including communication and documentation practices to reflect the care provided and the rationale.   
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2020). Making Healthcare Safer III. Content last reviewed April 2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.        
  • Giardina, T. D., Hunte, H., Hill, M. A., Heimlich, S. L., Singh, H., & Smith, K. M. (2022). Defining Diagnostic Error: A Scoping Review to Assess the Impact of the National Academies' Report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. Journal of patient safety, 18(8), 770–778. 
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2018). Americans’ experiences with medical errors and views on patient safety. Institute for Healthcare Improvement. 
     
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
06/01/2024
Course expires: 
05/31/2026

Faculty

RoseMarie Antonacci, Esq.
Falk Waas Solomon Mendlestein & Davis
Boca Raton, Florida

Due to the non-clinical nature of the content discussed, the speaker has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. This CME activity will not cover content that would involve products or services of commercial interests. Therefore, no opportunity exists for a conflict of interest based on the financial relationships of faculty and those persons in control of content. Since these relationships are not relevant, no disclosure information was collected.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida 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.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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