Medical Record Documentation: Paint The Clinical Picture with Complete and Accurate Documentation Medical record documentation errors continue to play a significant role in medical malpractice claims. Incomplete and inaccurate documentation can lead to a variety of unintended consequences including delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis, patient harm, and death, any of which can lead to medical malpractice claims. Documentation errors encompass missing or incorrect information in charts, notes, transcriptions, and other electronic health record (EHR)-related areas. Copy/forward and drop-down menu functions, the ability to easily document on the wrong patient or in the wrong location of a chart, and late entries that may appear concurrent are all documentation issues that can cause patient injuries and/or impact the defense of a lawsuit. Certain aspects of the medical documentation process may invite behaviors that contribute to errors and inappropriate notations, increasing the likelihood of later liability. November 4, 2024 Practice Management, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Risk Management Business Partner, Medical Record Documentation, ProAssurance, RCMA, Resources, Risk Management 0 0 Comment Read More »
Vicarious Liability for Medical Assistant Negligence Medical assistants (MAs) can increase medical practice efficiency, patient satisfaction, and patient care quality. Increased satisfaction and quality can reduce malpractice liability risk. But MAs can also increase liability risk for their supervising/delegating clinicians and employers. Physician employers of MAs may be found vicariously liable for MAs’ negligent actions and may also be directly liable for negligent supervision, delegation, hiring, and/or training of MAs. Additionally, MAs who exceed their own scope of service to the degree that they are practicing medicine (or nursing), can expose the person delegating tasks to charges of aiding and abetting the unlicensed practice of medicine (nursing), which can result in board discipline and criminal prosecution. MAs who perform tasks outside of their scope can be charged with the unlicensed practice of medicine (nursing), which is a crime. This article focuses on what employers can do to reduce vicarious liability risk associated with MAs. August 30, 2024 Practice Management, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Risk Management 0 0 Comment Read More »
Workplace Bullying and Its Effect on Patient Safety and Liability Risk Exposure Bullying can decrease patient safety and increase liability risk. The stress, anger and frustration resulting from even mild incivility can interfere with working memory, which, in turn, adversely affects cognitive functions necessary for medical decision-making and procedural performance. Bullying undermines coordination, collaboration, teamwork, and communication, which are also essential to delivering safe patient care. June 3, 2024 Practice Management, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Risk Management 0 0 Comment Read More »
RCMA 2023 Year in Review Thank you for your membership and support which enables us to continue supporting the practices of Riverside County. Together we will continue representing the best interests of Riverside County physicians and the patients you serve. January 24, 2024 News, Physician Wellness, Physicians for a Healthy California, Practice Management, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Riverside County Community 2023 Year in Review, RCMA, Riverside County, Riverside County Medical Association, Riverside County Physicians, Year in Review 0 0 Comment Read More »
A Message from RCMA's President It is my honor to serve as RCMA’s 131st president, following in the footsteps of a long line of outstanding physician leaders. Throughout this year, I am excited to help lead RCMA’s pursuit of our strategic objectives of supporting physician wellness, increasing the physician workforce, helping practices optimize to the new models of care, and continuing to grow our membership. January 24, 2024 RCMA/CMA President, RCMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
2022 RCMA Year in Review Thank you for your membership and support which enables us to continue supporting the practices of Riverside County. Together we will continue representing the best interests of Riverside County physicians and the patients you serve. January 18, 2023 Community, News, Physician Wellness, Physicians for a Healthy California, Practice Management, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Riverside County Community Physicians in Riverside, RCMA, Riverside County Medical Association, Year in Review 0 0 Comment Read More »
RCMA/IEFMC 2023 Population Health Management Academy - Registration Now Open Develop the Population Health Expertise to Thrive in Our Challenging Healthcare Environment January 9, 2023 Events, Member Benefits, Practice Management, RCMA/CMA, Resources IEFMC, Physicians, Population Health, RCMA, Value Based Care 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians React to Congress' Plan to Cut Medicare Payments by 2.5% in 2023 Medicare physicians will face a 2.5% payment cut in 2023, under the year-end omnibus legislation unveiled this week by Congress. A vote is expected by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. December 22, 2022 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Practice Management, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Riverside County Community medicare, medicare cuts 2023, RCMA Medicare Update, riverside county medical association 0 0 Comment Read More »
CalHHS Data Sharing Agreement Required to be Signed by 01/31/2023 Providers must sign the data sharing agreement by January 31, 2023. December 12, 2022 California Legislation, Legislation, News, Practice Management, Press Release, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources Calhhs, data exchange framework, data sharing, data sharing agreement, rcma, riverside county medical association 0 0 Comment Read More »
A Message from RCMA's President Michael Nduati, M.D. It has been a tremendous honor to serve as your 2022 Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA) President. I thank you for your continued support of RCMA and the California Medical Association (CMA). Your membership is critical in shaping the future of medicine and the success of our collective efforts is only possible through the support and participation of members like you. December 9, 2022 RCMA/CMA President, RCMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
