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Catalog Number : ngd1224
Title : ED Legal Issues in Your Hospital - Part 3
Speaker : Sue Dill

Duration : 120 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 9-2-2009
Webplay Price : $ 225 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Level: Intermediate

Webinar Purpose:

The emergency department (ED) is a high-risk area of liability for the hospital. This seminar will focus on patient safety and risk management issues that healthcare providers face while caring for patients in this high-risk environment. Information will be provided on why ED practitioners get sued and how this can be avoided. The seminar will also cover the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and the changes to community/shared call provisions in the 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rules.

Target Audience:

  • ED Physicians
  • ED Nurse Managers
  • ED and Clinic Nurses
  • Risk Managers
  • Consumer Advocates
  • In-House Legal Counsel
  • Compliance Officers
  • Anyone involved with the care, treatment, and liability concerns of the ED patient

Webinar Objectives:

  • Describe the Joint Commission (TJC) standards that apply to the ED
  • Describe recommendations to improve documentation in the ED
  • Discuss the most recent changes to the federal EMTALA law

Webinar Outline:

  • JOINT COMMISSION ISSUES IN THE ED
    • Medication reconciliation
    • Disruptive behavior
    • Record of care section for ED
    • 2009 NPSGs related to ED
    • Anticoagulant use
    • Unanticipated outcomes
    • Patient flow
  • DOCUMENTATION IN THE ED
    • ENA and ACEP documentation standards
    • Triage documentation
    • Tips to improve charting
    • Documenting discharge instructions
    • Documenting right to refuse/against medical advice
    • Medication documentation
  • EMTALA UPDATE
    • Community/shared call (IPPS rules)
    • Certification of false labor
    • Application of EMTALA to inpatients
    • On-call physicians
    • CMS 2008 interpretive guidelines

Contact Hours:

  • Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.8 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
  • All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.5 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

Refund Policy:

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.