Bad Outcomes Occur - Malpractice Need Not
Designed and taught by emergency physicians and medical malpractice attorneys,
High Risk Emergency Medicine is a comprehensive review of the medical-legal
issues inherent to the practice of Emergency Medicine.
High Risk Emergency Medicine is the only risk management course to use actual
malpractice and EMTALA cases to illustrate the most important and common
Emergency Department pitfalls. In this 2-day course, the most costly and/or
frequent errors causing lawsuits or government investigations in Emergency
Medicine are reviewed.
These high risk entities and important topic include:
Using actual case analysis and a review of the medical literature, this course
identifies the critical components of the history, physical exam and data
collection process that are critical to assuring a well supported evaluation,
treatment and disposition. Important principles in communication,
documentation, medical-legal strategies and EMTALA compliance are discussed to
help participants develop an effective Emergency Department Risk Management
Program.
This Twenty-Second Annual Edition of this course has been revised to include the
most recent, relevant literature, malpractice and EMTALA cases. Participants
will also receive a comprehensive Risk Management syllabus and annotated
bibliography that features practical management recommendations for reducing
risk while providing high quality patient care.