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NQF issues call to action on shared decision-making

  • March 13, 2018

The National Quality Forum is calling on clinicians to make shared-decision making a common standard of care for all patients, settings and conditions according to an article by Matt Kuhrt in[…]

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Clinical Risk · Communication & Documentation · Consent · Education · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Hospital and Physician Groups · Litigation and Regulatory · Obstetrics-Midwives · Recorded Webinars

OBHC Group Series: Strategies for Effective Documentation of Care

  • March 12, 2018

Presented By: Patricia Hughes, RN, MSN, CPHRM,FASHRM, SVP, Healthcare Risk Management OneBeacon Healthcare Group Objectives: To review the purposes of the medical record To identify clinical documentation practices that may[…]

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Communication & Documentation · Education · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Litigation and Regulatory · Long Term Care · Obstetrics-Midwives · Recorded Webinars

OBHC Group Midwifery Series: Communication of Unanticipated Outcomes of Care

  • March 12, 2018

Presented By: Patricia Hughes, RN, MSN, CPHRM,FASHRM, SVP, Healthcare Risk Management, OneBeacon Healthcare Objectives: Define communication of unanticipated outcomes of care (aka “disclosure”) and apology Describe benefits and barriers regarding disclosure[…]

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Communication & Documentation · Education · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Hospital and Physician Groups · Litigation and Regulatory · Obstetrics-Midwives · Recorded Webinars

OBHC Group Midwifery Series: Risk Managing Complaints- Module 4

  • March 12, 2018

Presented By: Catherine O’Brien Crum, BSN, JD, Director, Health Care Litigation & Regulation, Fennemore Craig Attorneys Objectives: Discuss the impact of client/patient complaints and adverse events. List key goals &[…]

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Clinical Risk · Communication & Documentation · Consent · Education · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Hospital and Physician Groups · Litigation and Regulatory · Obstetrics-Midwives · Recorded Webinars

OBHC Group Midwifery Series: When Midwifery Practices Intersect With The Legal System: Informed Consent - Module 3

  • March 12, 2018

By: Catherine O’Brien Crum BSN JD, Health Care Litigation & Regulation, Nixon Shefrin Hensen Ogburn P.C. Objectives: The informed consent/refusal process defined Decisional capacity Key points in the informed consent[…]

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Acute Care · Ambulatory Care · Communication & Documentation · Consent · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Hospital and Physician Groups · Litigation and Regulatory · Privacy

NEW HHS – HIPAA Information Related to Mental and Behavioral Health, including Opioid Overdose

  • December 20, 2017

Information Related to Mental and Behavioral Health, including Opioid Overdose OCR is providing new specific guidance addressing HIPAA protections, the obligations of covered health care providers, and the circumstances in[…]

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