MALPRACTICE PREVENTION

MALPRACTICE PREVENTION MALPRACTICE PREVENTION CREATE AN INFORMED CONSENT FORM AND HAVE AN ATTORNEY REVIEW IT  IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY SAY “INFORMED CONSENT”  MALPRACTICE PREVENTION INFORMED CONSENT  PATIENT NEEDS TO BE INFORMED ABOUT YOUR CARE AND POSSIBLE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES  RISKS INVOLVED IN TREATMENT  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INFORM PATIENT ABOUT RISKS THAT ARE 3% OR LESS  MALPRACTICE PREVENTION CVAs ARE 1- 400,000 TO 1 10,000,000  IN CASES OF SIMPLE LOW BACK PAIN YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INFORM ABOUT POSSIBLE DISC HERNIATION  MALPRACTICE PREVENTION HOWEVER WITH A HIGHER PROBABILITY OR A WHEN CASE WORSENS THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY INFORM PATIENT ABOUT ALTERNATIVES. TELL THEM YOUR SUSPICIONS.  PUT IT IN WRITING ABOUT MRI OR REFERRAL AND HAVE THEM SIGN  MALPRACTICE PREVENTION  FOR WHOM ARE YOU LIABLE? MALPRACTICE PREVENTION 1) YOU ARE HELD LIABLE FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF’S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS  2) FAILURE TO PROPERLY EXAM AND DIAGNOSE  3) FAILURE TO REVIEW OTHER RECORDS  MALPRACTICE PREVENTION 4) FAILURE TO REFER  5) CVA - RARE BUT WELL DOCUMENTED - TIA, DIZZY, HEADACHE, PARESTHESIAS  1 IN 400,000 TO 1 IN 10,000,000 