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hazards and medical malpractice risks.
Medical Economics
This article, originally published in the Aug. 17, 2007, issue of Medical
Economics magazine, describes how you can identify and fix flaws in your
practice's record-keeping, follow-up, communications, patient education, and
other systems. The self-assessment tools mentioned in the article are listed
below.
Cooperative of American Physicians-Mutual Protection Trust
(CAP-MPT)
Articles and forms to help assess and mitigate your practice's risk.
(free registration required)
Medical Protective
You can access this 15-question "quick quiz" by going to www.medpro.com,
clicking on Risk Academy Classroom, and then on Quick Quiz. Each item requires
a Yes or No response. The more Yes answers, the higher your score—and the lower
your risk. (PPPSA)
An interactive, self-assessment tool for evaluating medication safety, patient
handoffs and transitions, surgery and invasive procedures, personnel qualifications
and competency, practice management and culture, patient education and communication. Download the PPPSA for free. For a $200 fee, the MGMA Center for Research will review
your data and give you a workbook on how to interpret results. This tool will
also give you an indication of how your practice compares with others. Your
identity and results are confidential. 
Kentucky Medical Association
This KMA Patient Safety Task Force paper suggests how office-based physicians
can develop better manual and computerized systems to track test results.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Patient safety projects funded by this federal agency range from system-wide
event reporting methods to specific measures aimed at minimizing medical errors.
The information here summarizes AHRQ patient safety tools and resources designed
for health systems, clinicians, and consumers.
National Patient Safety Foundation
Includes books, articles, video and audio recordings, government documents,
and other patient safety publications, as well as links to streaming video on
the Web.
American College of Physicians (ACP)
This resource page has links to ACP's popular Take-Home Points booklet, "Patient
Safety: The Other Side of the Quality Equation," which includes seven learning modules focusing on medication errors, office
design, and other important aspects of safety in ambulatory care.
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