Address disinfection and sterilization practices and discuss new subject matter in the updated guidelines that may require organizational policy development and/or revision.

 

External benchmarking and internal assessments can help identify the most urgent areas of improvement for medication safety. There are a number of important steps to developing a medication safety plan and this program will provide you with information about how to develop that plan.

 

How can organizations create processes that ensure providers are competent, safe and fulfilled professionally while addressing the unique ergonomic, health and educational needs of an aging workforce? What should the organization do to ensure that medicine doesn't lose valuable knowledge and experience while it makes way for a new generation of physicians with new approaches, technology savvy and professional attitudes? This program will examine these fascinating questions. It will heighten your knowledge of the ways our physician generations differ and provide you with strategies, tools, and ideas for incorporating the older physician into 21st century health care.

 

This MP3 will discuss the medicolegal importance of documentation and techniques for documenting appropriately. Examples of poor documentation will be provided.

 

EMTALA has specific regulations for hospitals relative to women in active labor. This important webinar will focus on the key elements of this federal regulation that have an impact on obstetrics including: triage versus medical screening exam (MSE), qualified medical personnel (QMP), emergency medical condition (EMC), stabilization, and transfers.  Documentation requirements for both the sending and receiving facility will be presented.

 

An effective ERM program is comprehensive in its focus, supported by the Board and senior leadership, and requires the involvement of all with the organization. This program will assist the health care executive in understanding the necessary steps in implementing an ERM program regardless of organizational size or structure.

 

This important program will review some of the pitfalls of classic disciplinary measures in coping with difficult practitioners and the need to use a different approach. Practical approaches to the resolution of this issue will be highlighted.

 

The nature of health care is to provide care that will improve the health and well-being of patients; however, there are patients that are complex or non-compliant that present legal and ethical dilemmas.  How do clinics and hospitals develop legal and ethical guidelines for practitioners to follow when dealing with challenging patients in their desire to move them forward in their health and well-being?

 

As health care organizations move towards electronic medical records, new documentation challenges and issues have emerged.  This important program will discuss some of the risks associated with the selection, implementation, and ongoing use of electronic records.

 

In this program we will discuss a positive approach for conducting multi-dimensional, ongoing evaluations of practitioner performance. Suggestions for overcoming challenges specific to small hospitals will be presented.