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Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors


Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors

CME Certificate Fee: $50.00 (USD) for certificate

Optional Maintenance of Certification Credit (MOC) Fee: $10.00 (USD) per point

2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

2.00 Part II MOC points are available for these specialty board(s):

American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Credit Type: Medical Knowledge
  • Practice Areas: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease

Estimated time to complete this activity: 2.00 hours

Author(s)/Editor(s): Leslie Hall, MD
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: All author(s), contributor(s), editor(s), and CME Office Reviewer(s) state that they do not have any financial arrangements with ineligible companies (commercial interests) that could constitute a conflict of interest.
Further Author/Editor Information | Further CME Information
Meets Special CME Requirements in: Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas     Learn More >>

Outcome Objectives:

As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:

  • Recognize how root causes and other factors contribute to errors and medical adverse events.
  • Discern the difference between active and latent causes of medical adverse events.
  • Lead and participate in activities that improve patient safety in your health care environment.
  • Support the development of a just culture for recognizing and managing errors and adverse events.
  • Recognize how errors in medication delivery occur.
  • Manage the prompt and open disclosure of a medical error to a patient and their family.
  • Monitor local quality indicators, such as infection rates.
  • Develop ongoing patient safety improvement efforts based on national standards and guidelines.

Learning Format: Case-based, interactive online course, including mandatory assessment questions (number of questions varies by course or module). Please also read the Technical Requirements.

CME Sponsor: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Credit Designation and Accreditation Statements >>
Current CME Approval Period: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
Original Release Date: February 29, 2008
Most Recent Review by Author: January 1, 2018
Most Recent Review by CME Sponsor: January 1, 2022
Financial Support Received: None
Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors
2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

2.00 Part II MOC points are available for these specialty board(s) (Optional):

American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Credit Type: Medical Knowledge
  • Practice Areas: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease

Current CME Approval Period: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
Financial Support Received: None

ACCME/AMA PRA Accreditation Statement

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


CME Office Contact Information and CME Disclosure

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Office of Continuing Medical Education
520-626-7832
uofacme@arizona.edu

The following University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson CME Reviewers, Activity Directors, or Planning Committee Members have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests) that could constitute a conflict of interest with the proposed activity:


MOC Recognition Statement(s)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.00 Medical Knowledge Part II MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.


If you elect to receive MOC credit for this course, you give permission for VLH.com to share your information and activity completion data with the ACCME and the specialty board(s) chosen through the ACCME's Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors
About the Author

Author
Leslie W. Hall, MD, FACP is the Executive Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC, and the CEO of the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group (effective February, 2015).

From 1999 – 2014, he served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine. During his time on faculty at University of Missouri, he served in a number of roles including Director of the University of Missouri Health Care Office of Clinical Effectiveness (2002-2008), Chief Medical Officer for University of Missouri Health Care and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (2008-2012), and Interim Dean of the School of Medicine (2012-2014).

Dr. Hall has developed several curricular offerings in the areas of quality improvement, patient safety and teamwork in health care. From 2005 to 2008, he served as one of two national physician advisors for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (a Robert Wood Johnson Initiative). His research interests include analysis of the effectiveness of strategies to improve patient safety within hospitals and investigation of outcomes of quality improvement and patient safety education. Dr. Hall's clinical work is as an internal medicine hospitalist.

Disclosure: Dr. Hall states that he does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors
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Average Rating: 4.00/5.00
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Average Rating: 4.34/5.00
User Comments
by Hidden | Jan 26, 2024
We should use computers to keep us on track. I do not believe doctors are incompetent;just overwhelmed and understaffed!
by Alan Crowther | Sep 21, 2023
This is essential information for everyone involved in patient care! We must consider patient safety as a priority in this time of excessive motivation to be "more productive." The details count!
by Michael Weber | Jun 1, 2023
This was very helpful.
by Edward Ennedy | May 2, 2023
I liked the format and way it was worded. It flowed smoothly and emphasized points in an interesting way by tying it together with the scenarios.
by Hidden | Jan 25, 2023
Pictures and videos would help
by Michael Shukan | May 7, 2022
On of the more interesting courses i have taken,and loaded with so many key points to help us
Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors
This course meets general AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit(s)TM requirements in states that have a CME requirement.

Based on information from state licensing authorities, this program meets special CME requirements in these states:

Connecticut Risk Management CME
Florida Medical Errors Prevention CME
This course addresses the five most misdiagnosed conditions during the previous biennium, as well as root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, as required by the Florida Board of Medicine.
Massachusetts Risk Management CME
Pennsylvania Risk Management / Patient Safety CME
Rhode Island Risk Management CME
Texas Medical Ethics / Professional Responsibility CME

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Preventing and Responding to Medical Errors
Technical Requirements

This web-based activity is offered online and requires an always-on connection to the Internet (the activity cannot be downloaded). The activity works on PC or Mac computers and most tablet computers. The activity should work with the newer versions of major Internet browsers, including Edge, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. JavaScript should be enabled in all browsers, and Popups and first party cookies need to be accepted from www.VLH.com. You should also have the latest, free Adobe Reader installed for reading documents.

For additional information, read the Technical Assistance FAQ.

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