Learn to recognize the routine practices and systems in your office that put you at risk. The Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP) presents Reducing Liability in Your Medical Office, a free webinar to teach you how to identify risk areas in your practice.
Date: Wednesday, October 19
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Cost: Complimentary to physicians and their office staff
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This risk management program is presented by CAP Senior Risk Management and Patient Safety Specialists Dona Constantine, RN, and Susan Jones, CPHRM. You will receive practical tools and strategies aimed at mitigating risk in your office. Even minor changes in this area can ultimately increase patient safety and satisfaction.
The hour-long program will:
- Identify key components for an effective risk management plan and tools for the practitioner office, including front office, back office, medical records, and education and training.
- Identify key operational risk areas and ideas to reduce risk, such as effective communication, documentation, recall and tracking, medication management, and more.
- Address staff “scope of practice” issues with licensed and non-licensed office staff.
- Discuss critical issues of documentation with both paper medical records and electronic medical records.
- Discuss methods to increase patient satisfaction and patient safety, such as the quality of the patient experience.
- Discuss how to utilize the CAP Risk Management Self-Assessment Kit.
Webinar attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the CAP Risk Management Self-Assessment Kit. The webinar will be recorded and emailed to registrants who are unable to attend the live event.
About the Presenters:
Dona Constantine, RN
CAP Senior Risk Management and Patient Safety Specialist
Dona Constantine is a Senior Risk Management and Patient Safety Specialist. Prior to joining CAP, she served in various positions throughout her career including certified emergency nurse, case management advisor, and quality manager. She was also the director of Health Projects for the Foundation for Independence in Nicotine Dependence and the executive director of the National Alliance of Mental Illness Orange County.
Ms. Constantine is a graduate of Paradise Valley School of Nursing and she obtained a Legal Assistantship Certificate from University of California, Irvine. She earned her Bachelor of Health Science from Chapman University.
Susan Jones, CPHRM
CAP Senior Risk Management and Patient Safety Specialist
A Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management, Susan Jones has worked in the health care field for more than 20 years as a healthcare risk management and patient specialist, researcher, and educator.
Ms. Jones has garnered extensive experience as a clinical risk manager for hospitals and trauma centers and also managed a 12-physician outpatient pediatric and adolescent practice, where she helped train the practice staff in instituting and operating an electronic medical records system.
Ms. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Temple University in Philadelphia and obtained her nursing license in 1997. Ms. Jones also holds a certificate in Paralegal Studies from the Harris School of Business, and obtained her Six Sigma training in 2010. She is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers.
About the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc.
The Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. supports 12,000 of California's finest physicians by offering exceptional medical professional liability coverage, as well as a wide range of value-added risk and practice management programs that help them run a safe and successful practice.