Risk mitigation strategies
- communication
- documentation
Reporting:
When served:
Ensure either completed or pending lawsuits are reported as needed
- State Medical Board
- Credentialing Boards
- Hospitals
- Insurance Companies
Outcomes: - National Practitioner Databank
- Medical Board
MDM Documentation
- Workup findings
- Explain all abnormal vitals and lab/imaging findings
- Consultant conversations (with names)
- especially when they decide to not come see patient
- External historians (families called, external medical practices, etc.)
- Discharge plans (especially when approved/staffed with attending)
Note Tips:
“ROS normal unless otherwise documented in HPI”
Handoff: if complicated, notate!
Apologies are not admissible to provide proof of error on the part of the provider