9100: Hospitalist - What’s the Risk in My Specialty?

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DISCLAIMER: This course has been available since January of 2023. Policyholders who have already completed this course are not eligible to complete it again for premium credit or CME. Premium credit will not be given for completing the same course twice. If you are unsure whether you have already completed this course, click here to submit an inquiry or sign in and click the "My Activities" tab to see your recently completed activities.

Course Description

This course provides an insight into malpractice risks and trends related to the practice of hospital medicine. Topics include risk issues in documentation, communication, and medications. The presentation will review claims, risk associated with those claims, and practical ways to reduce the incidence of a lawsuit as well as improve patient safety by minimizing those risks.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify current trends and risks related to the practice of hospitalist medicine
  2. Recognize the potential for miscommunication, inadequate documentation, and medication errors associated with hospitalist medicine
  3. Describe ways to minimize risk and improve patient safety
Course Format

This course is an online video option. It consists of a one-hour video presentation, followed by a test. 

Credit Awarded

  • 5% Premium Credit for Physician Policyholders
  • 1.0 CME Credit for Physicians
  • Certificate of Participation for Non-Physicians

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA CME
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/01/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2025

Speakers

This course was developed by SVMIC’s Risk Education and Evaluation Department: Shelly Weatherly, JD, VP; Julie Loomis, RN, JD, AVP, Risk Education; Jeff Woods, JD, Risk Education Manager; and Trish Campbell, BSN, LNCC, Senior Consultant, who is also the speaker for this program. Reviewed by Christopher Turner, MD, on September 2, 2022.

CME Information

Accreditation:  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) and State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company. The UTCOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation:  The UTCOM designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP:  The AAFP has reviewed Hospitalist: What's the Risk in My Specialty? and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA:  This program is eligible for one (1) credit hour in Category 2 of the Continuing Medical Education Program of the American Osteopathic Association. Physicians will need to submit a letter of completion from the University of Tennessee directly to the AOA to receive CME credits, or AOA members may self-report the activity.

Continuing Education for Non-Physicians:  The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.

This activity was released on January 1, 2023 and will expire on December 31, 2025. SVMIC will not process any completions after December 31, 2025.

          

CME Disclosures

No commercial support was received for this activity. No speakers plan to discuss off-label use. No planners or speakers have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA CME
  • 1.00 Attendance
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DISCLAIMER: This course has been available since January of 2023. Policyholders who have already completed this course are not eligible to complete it again for premium credit or CME. Premium credit will not be given for completing the same course twice. If you are unsure whether you have already completed this course, click here to submit an inquiry or sign in and click the "My Activities" tab to see your recently completed activities.