Tools to build and refine your expertise in medication errors, nursing home liability, and detection of tampering with medical records
6 products
2010
Price: $197.00
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By purchasing the package you save $340.00! The Liability Toolkit DVD Pack contains:
Untangling Charlotte’s Web: The Story of a Life Cut Short by Medical Errors (DVD). Charlotte was a woman who died as a result of medical errors. Her story has stunned audiences nationally and internationally. This program presents a multimedia overview of the events that led up to Charlotte’s death, and the changes that resulted from her life events. You”ll learn how her story made patient care safer for all. Presented by Mary Ann Shea, Barbara Levin, and Pat Iyer at an annual conference. (1 hour 21 minutes)
Documentation: Avoiding the Pitfalls (DVD). Why do patients sue for malpractice? What is the role of the medical record in how cases are screened for merit? How should we address delay in treatment & failure to rescue patients? Why it is so important to have legible orders? Pat Iyer answers these questions and more based on her 22 years of experience as an expert witness and expert in nursing malpractice. (DVD, 1 hour)
Nursing Home Liability (DVD & Toolkit). This presentation utilizes research on a sample of 118 nursing home cases to draw conclusions on the most common reasons for suits, the success rates, and the typically used defenses. This presentation focuses on fractures, pressure sores, malnutrition and dehydration, and other common allegations. You’ll learn what to look for in the nursing home record, and how dementia influences the resident’s ability to express pain. The package includes a script and post tests for evaluation of self learning or for presentation to your clinical or law firm staff. A newly-revised free toolkit is included which contains 4 parts: Understanding the Nursing Home Record, Proving Damages, Essential References for the Library, Summary of Nursing Home & Assisted Living Cases. (50 minute DVD and 236 page manual)
Medication Errors (DVD & Toolkit). Medication prescription and administration are routine aspects of medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical practice, yet have the potential to result in permanent injury or death. Some of the most successful litigation against healthcare providers concerns medication errors. You will learn the frequency of medication errors, the most common types and causes, and the clues to detecting that an error has occurred. You’ll learn which healthcare practitioners make the most errors, see medical records of actual errors, recognize the names of the most dangerous medications, and identify the liability theories of inadequate pain management. The package includes a script and post tests for evaluation of self learning or for presentation.
