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July 16, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Risk Management

Risk Mitigation Guidance Document: Reducing Distractions in Operative or Procedural Areas

While not all distractions in operative and procedural areas cause adverse events, distractions take the focus off the patient and the procedure, hinder teamwork and potentially…

July 16, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

Risk Mitigation Guidance Document: Testing and Results Processing

Ordering diagnostic testing introduces more people, processes and systems, and therefore more opportunities for diagnostic error. A reliable and effective test tracking and results processing system…

June 24, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Category II Fetal Heart Rate Tracing Algorithm Guideline

Category II fetal heart rate tracings include all FHR tracings not categorized as Category I or Category III. The management of Category II fetal heart rate…

June 24, 2024July 16, 2025Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Indications for Placental Pathology Evaluation Guideline

The likelihood of litigation is increasing whenever there is a neurologically impaired newborn. Allegations of negligent management of the obstetrical patient, labor, and delivery are the…

June 24, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Shoulder Dystocia

Shoulder dystocia that causes a neonatal injury is a top cause for medical malpractice litigation. Frequent allegations include that the OB clinician failed to consider the…

June 24, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Second Stage of Labor Management

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has published “First and Second Stage of Labor Management,” a clinical practice guideline that includes definitions of labor…

June 24, 2024May 20, 2025Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Neonatal Resuscitation

Neonatal resuscitation is a process that should be standardized regarding equipment, response, resources, and readiness. This guidance document will focus on resources and readiness.

June 24, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

OB-GYN Guidelines: Obstetrical Emergency Drills and Simulations

Obstetrical malpractice claim severity continues to rise. In obstetrical claims, there are frequent allegations that the team was unprepared to care for the obstetrical emergency that…

June 21, 2024October 3, 2024Clinical Care | Emergency Management | Hospitals/Health Systems | Patient Management | Risk Management

Cauda Equina Syndrome Guidance Document

Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is an emergency medicine high-risk area that can be difficult to identify and diagnose. This is considered a medical malpractice “hot spot”…

June 21, 2024October 3, 2024Human Resources | Physician Patient Relationship | Practice Management | Risk Management

Medical Professionalism Guidance Document

Professionalism is the bedrock of medical practice. Patients and society as a whole want clinically competent physicians, but they also want to know their doctors possess…