Prevention of Medical Errors for Florida Physicians

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Prevention of Medical Errors for Florida Physicians

This course satisfies the Florida Board of Medicine requirement and also the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine requirement for its renewal cycle 2020-2022.

Credit(s):

2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring Material)

Duration:

1 hour 49 minutes

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Category: All Specialties, Mandatory CME for Florida Physicians

Category: All Specialties, Mandatory CME for Florida Physicians (show less)

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOU WILL HAVE 90 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS COURSE FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE.
This activity is specific to Florida statutes and reflects regulations effective March 2020 (MDs) and September 2020 (DOs). Few medical errors are attributed to faculty medical judgment. More commonly, they are attributed to system failures inherent in healthcare delivery. This particular course, originally recorded during FMA 2021 Annual Meeting, features the mandatory content required by the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine for prevention of medical errors, including root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, patient safety, and the most commonly mis-diagnosed conditions identified by the two Boards.

Florida Board of Medicine

Cancer related conditions
Gastroenterology related conditions
Ob/Gyn related conditions
Cardiology related conditions
Neurological conditions

Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine

Inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances
Failure to monitor the safety of prescribed medications
Retained foreign objects in surgery and wrong site/patient surgery
Failure to accurately diagnose cause of back and leg pain; and
Failure to timely diagnose sepsis

The purpose of this educational activity is to provide physicians with information, tools and strategies to minimize common performance and diagnostic errors.

At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

Identify Risk Management measures designed to prevent medical errors & enhance patient safety
Recognize common medication errors
Implement key strategies for preventing medication errors in the outpatient setting
Describe surgical errors, contributing factors, and solutions to prevent them
Specify the elements of root cause analysis
Discuss the five most misdiagnosed conditions during the previous biennium as determined by the Florida Boards of Medicine Osteopathic Medicine
Meet the requirements set forth by Florida Statutes FS 456.013(7)

Presenter:
Jerry Williamson, MD, FAAP, MJ, CHC, LHRM, FMA Member and Independent Healthcare Consultant

Disclosure:
No individual in a position to control the content of this activity has reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. No commercial support was provided for this activity.

Estimated Completion Time: Two Hours

Instructions for earning credit: Learner must review all course materials and complete the course evaluation.

Issue Date: December 15, 2021
Expiration Date: December 31, 2023

2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring Material)

The Florida Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Florida Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.