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Patient Education Check-up Week Promotion and Discount

The Academy and OMIC are jointly sponsoring the sixth annual Patient Education Check-Up Week, to be held this year, December 1 – 7. This campaign encourages OMIC insureds and office administrators to audit all of their Academy patient education materials and informed consent documents to ensure they are current.

Why take the risk? Outdated patient education materials and informed consent documents can increase the risk of a medical malpractice suit. Here are three simple yet effective risk-management strategies that could help you prevent or minimize the impact of a malpractice lawsuit or claim.

#1. Ensure your patient education materials are up to date. Using the Academy’s patient education materials? Check out the Academy’s all-new brochures, downloadable handouts and booklets, rewritten and redesigned to meet health literacy standards.

Special two-week offer! For a limited time, save 10% when you order five or more packs of pre-printed Academy brochures. Use promo code PECHK14 when ordering online or by phone. Offer good through Dec. 14.

#2. Visit OMIC’s Consent Forms to ensure that you have the most current informed consent documents.

#3. Clearly document in your patient’s chart the educational materials provided and the informed consent obtained. Defense attorneys advise documenting the timing and receipt of educational materials by the patient.