Responding to Unanticipated Outcomes
This narrated on-line course provides information on how to communicate honestly and compassionately with patients about outcomes of care. Physicians will learn how to handle questions about treatment provided by other physicans and how to document care outcomes and proper disclosure discussions in the medical record and incident reports.Upon completion of a course, OMIC insureds will receive a 5% risk management discount to be applied upon renewal. Please note that OMIC insureds are normally limited to one risk management discount per premium year.
Contact Linda Nakamura at lnakamura@omic.com or (800) 562-6642, ext. 652, to order course or for additional information.
Ophthalmic Anesthesia Liability
This updated extensive course will provide ophthalmologists with guidance on how to:
1) Evaluate the type of anesthesia and anesthesia provider;
2) Obtain informed consent for anesthesia/sedation;
3) Respond to anesthesia complications an overview of anesthesia risks and provides actual case studies that support the issues addressed in the overview.The course also features a video portion displaying injection techniques and an audio narration by Anne M. Menke, RN, Ph.D.
Contact Linda Nakamura at lnakamura@omic.com or (800) 562-6642, ext. 652, to order course or for additional information.
Medication Safety & Liability
This CD recording of the 2007 OMIC Forum presented at the AAO Annual Meeting in New Orleans will provide ophthalmologists guidance on how to (1) obtain and document informed consent for medications with significant ocular and systemic side effects, (2) assess the risk-benefit ratio of continuing anticoagulation in the elective surgical setting, and (3) monitor patients for the risk of ocular and systemic side effects of steroids, regardless of the route of administration.
Contact Linda Nakamura at lnakamura@omic.com or (800) 562-6642, ext. 652, to order course or for additional information.
Lessons Learned from Settlements and Trials of 2006
This CD of our 2007 OMIC audiocourse features discussions about claims resulting from a “wrong” IOL, hemorrhage during blepharoplasty, and dry eye following co-managed LASIK surgery. After listening to this CD, ophthalmologists should be better able to implement protocols to correctly identify the patient, procedure, eye, laser settings, and IOL; recognize and prepare to manage patients at risk for hemorrhage during ophthalmic procedures; and detect and disclose preoperative conditions that may put the patient at increased risk for complications or side effects.
Contact Linda Nakamura at lnakamura@omic.com or (800) 562-6642, ext. 652, to order course or for additional information.
After-hours and Emergency Room Calls
Few aspects of ophthalmic practice raise more questions and concerns than how to handle calls from patients and Emergency Room physicians after-hours. OMIC claims experience shows that there are significant risks for both patients and ophthalmologists if these communications are not dealt with skillfully. This recording from Fall 2006 will provide guidance on screening and documenting such calls, determining referral and follow-up duties, conducting patient “hand-offs,” and complying with standard of care and EMTALA duties.
Contact Linda Nakamura at lnakamura@omic.com or (800) 562-6642, ext. 652, to order course or for additional information.
