Copiscope-Colorado

Copiscope-Colorado

Colorado's newsletter focused on risk management guidelines and articles that offer useful, practical insight for our insured customers.

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• 2021 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado October 2021 (Issue 215)

  Syncope • When Providers Criticize Other Providers • Managing Patient Concerns About Wearable Device Data • New: PQ Insert

  Copiscope-Colorado July 2021 (Issue 214)

  Information Blocking Rule • Patient Access to Medical Records and Amendments • Top Patient Safety Concerns for 2021 

  Copiscope-Colorado April 2021 (Issue 213)

  Required Documentation for Working with PAs • Handling Unsolicited Test Results • Guidelines to Prevent Bile Duct Injuries During Cholecystectomy • Considerations When Using a Scribe

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2021 (Issue 212)

  10 Things to Know About Telehealth • Diagnostic Errors: "The "Big Three" • Impact of Lawsuits on Medical Residents • Medical Guidelines

• 2020 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Oct. 2020 (Issue 211)

  Missed or Delayed Diagnoses of Non-COVID Conditions • Navigating Public Communications • Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2020

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2020 (Issue 210)

  COVID-19 Resources • Reopening Medical Practices • Resuming Elective Procedures and Surgery • Physician Wellness Resources

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2020 (Issue 209)

  Colorado Medical Board Rule 400 • Physician Burnout: Providers and Patients at Risk • When Should Aging Surgeons Stop Operating?

• 2019 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Oct. 2019 (Issue 208)

  Colorado's Professional Review Act • Dealing with Potentially Dangerous Patients • Colorado Candor Act Resources

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2019 (Issue 207)

  Colorado Candor Act • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019 • Case Study: When Patient Demand Unnecessary Tests

  Copiscope-Colorado Apr. 2019 (Issue 206)

  Law Enforcement Interactions Guide • EHR Safety & Usability Resource Site • Handling Patient Requests for Emotional Support Animals

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2019 (Issue 205)

  Missed Diagnosis of Infections • Specialty Focus: Emergency Medicine • Tipping Point of Sexual Harassment 

• 2018 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Oct. 2018 (Issue 204)

  Making Urgent Care Safer for Patients • Risk Management with Ultrasonograms • The 3Rs Program • Earn COPIC Points for Premium Discount

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2018 (Issue 203)

  New Opioid Legislation • DORA Opioid Prescribing Policy • Prescription Drug Monitoring Program • Top Patient Safety Concerns for 2018 • COPIC Partners with Boomtown

  Copiscope-Colorado Apr. 2018 (Issue 202)

  Delegating to and Supervising PAs • Attorney Requests for Medical Records • Healing the Healer

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2018 (Issue 201)

  Curbside Consults • Physician Defense Mistakes • After Hours Care/Coverage • Public Disclosure of Direct Pay Charges

• 2017 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2017 (Issue 200)

  Specialty Focus: Orthopedic Surgery • Advance Directives • Nonspine Orthopedic Procedures in Anesthesia Claims • Copy/Paste Danger in EHRs
  

   

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2017 (Issue 199)

  Specialty Focus: Medication Errors • Risks in Laproscopic Surgery • Liability with Patient Handoffs • Reporting Domestic Violence

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2017 (Issue 198)

  Specialty Focus: Radiology • Updates: Delegating Medical Services to Medical Assistants • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2017 (Part 2)

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2017 (Issue 197)

  Specialty Focus: General Surgery • CO Physician License Renewal • Responding to a Medical Board Complaint • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2017 (Part 1)

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2017 (Issue 196)

  Specialty Focus: OB/GYN • Colorado End-of-Life Options Act • Posting/Providing Language Interpretation Services for Patients

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2017 (Issue 195)

  Specialty Focus: Internal/Family Medicine • CMB Rule 400: PA Supervision • Photography, Recording, and Privacy • Improving 5 Dimensions of the Diagnostic Process

• 2016 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2016 (Issue 194)

  Minors and Risk • Empathy and Litigation • Lessons Learned in Telluride • Physicians Prone to Liability Claims

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2016 (Issue 193)

  Patient Access to Medical Records • Telemedicine Services Treating Skin Disease • Legal Protections—Emergency and Volunteer Circumstances

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2016 (Issue 192)

  Building Resilience • Warning for Fluoroquinolones • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of EHRs • Top Ten Patient Safety Issues For 2016

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2016 (Issue 191)

  Drug Screening and Consent in the Perinatal Setting • The Opioid Epidemic: It’s Still a Problem

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2016 (Issue 190)

  Perioperative Medication Errors • Communication Errors in Surgery

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2016 (Issue 189)

  Practice Quality Reviews • Improving Diagnosis in Health Care • Protecting a Physician’s Online Reputation • Telehealth Update

• 2015 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2015 (Issue 188)

  Working with PAs • Cyber Liability Report • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns (Part 2) • Patients Recording Interactions with Physicians

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2015 (Issue 187)

  Suicide and Patients • Thoughts on Patient Safety from Telluride • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns (Part 1) • Ensuring Tdap in Every Pregnancy

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2015 (Issue 186)

  Learning from Surgical Claims • Top 10 Hard-to-Diagnose Diseases • HIPAA–Key Areas Where Problems Occur

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2015 (Issue 185)

  Treating Employees, Family Members, and Yourself • Overlooked Diagnostic Tests • Addressing Opioid Overdoses: Naloxone • Physician Wellness Kit

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2015 (Issue 184)

  Against Medical Advice • Lessons Learned on Neurological Injury • PDMP Updates

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2015 (Issue 183)

  Recognition & Rescue • Top Ten Tips to Improve Handoffs • Computer Time Versus Patient Time • Updates to CMB Rule 400: Supervising PAs • FDA Update: Laparoscopic Power Morcellators

• 2014 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2014 (Issue 182)

  Pain Management with Opioids • New Colorado DORA “Policy for Prescribing and Dispensing Opioids” • Telemedicine & Liability Issues • COPIC Legal Defense

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2014 (Issue 181)

  Lessons in Liability • Power Morcellation in Gynecologic Surgery: A Risk Perspective • Updated Neonatal Encephalopathy Task Force Report • Study Shows Implementation of Patient Safety Initiatives Reduces Claims and Payments

  Copiscope-Colorado July 2014 (Issue 180)

  Anchoring Bias • Amended Colorado Rule 45—Subpoenas & Patient Information • HHS Tool to Assess HIPAA Security Risks • CDPHE Electronic Death Registration System • COPIC Receives ACCME Accreditation

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2014 (Issue 179)

  Closing the Loop • Choosing Wisely—Top 5 Pain Interventions to Avoid • Patient Safety—Impact on Medical Practices • The Nonadherent Patient

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2014 (Issue 178)

  Communication & Resolution Programs • Importance of an Accurate Problem List • Physician Payments Sunshine Act • Professional Review—Reporting Requirements • Surgical Checklists and Timeouts

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2014 (Issue 177)

  Doctors Criticizing Other Doctors • Talking with Patients About Other Clinicians’ Errors • High-Alert Medications List from ISMP • Informed Consent in the Office • Chronic Pain Management Toolkit

• 2013 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2013 (Issue 176)

  Preparing for CMS Audits of EHR Incentive Programs • Failure to Rescue • Fear of Lawsuits Push Defensive Medicine • FDA: Safety Labeling Changes and Postmarket Study Requirements for Opioids

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2013 (Issue 175)

  CO Medical Board Rule 800 • Diagnostic Errors • Conflict in the Physician-Patient Relationship

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2013 (Issue 174)

  Ten Tips to Help Promote Patient Safety • Patient Privacy and Social Media • Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer • Electronic Communications in Health Care

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2013 (Issue 173)

  Informed Consent: What Patients Need to Know • Surgical Provider Preventable Conditions • Prescription Drug Abuse Resources • Physicians Spend Nearly 11% of Their Careers with an Open, Unresolved Claim

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2013 (Issue 172)

  Association Between EHR Use and Medical Liability Claims • Legal Protections: Care Under Emergency & Volunteer Circumstances • Childbirth Complications • Risk Management Guidelines for Telephone Encounters • Caring for Breast Cancer Survivors

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2013 (Issue 171)

  Top Ten Tips for Pain Medication • FDA-Approved Risk Management Education on Long-Term Opioids • Syncope—Key Factors to Consider • Resurgence of Pertussis in Colorado

• 2012 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2012 (Issue 170)

  Coordination of Care • Necessity of Common Medical Tests and Procedures • New Requirements for Professional Review

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2012 (Issue 169)

  Medications of Controversy • Terminating a Physician-Patient Relationship • Recommended Actions for Unsolicited Diagnostic Tests • COPIC Guide to Incident Reporting

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2012 (Issue 168)

  Impaired and Unsafe Drivers: Duty to Report to the DMV • Treating Youth Athletes’ Concussions • COPIC Revises “Against Medical Advice” Sample Form • Impact of Defensive Medicine

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2012 (Issue 167)

  12 Questions for PAs and APNs • Physician On-Call Obligations: EMTALA • Barriers to the Use of Perioperative Briefings and Checklists 

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2012 (Issue 166)

  COPIC’s Level One Guidelines • Inadequate Communication Between Primary Care and Specialists • Responding to a CMB Inquiry Letter • Reducing Infection in Outpatient Settings

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2012 (Issue 165)

  Risk Management for Ultrasonography During Pregnancies • FAQs About Importing Prescription Drugs • Drug Alerts from HCNN • Conservative Prescribing to Reduce Medication Errors

• 2011 Archive

  Copiscope-Colorado Nov. 2011 (Issue 164)

  The Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program • Education Recommendations about Working with PAs and APNs • Closed 3Rs Cases 360 Review Process • What are Your Chances of Being Sued?

  Copiscope-Colorado Sept. 2011 (Issue 163)

  Preventing Surgical Fires • New Disclosure Requirements for Controlled • Curbside Consultations • Educating Physicians in Training About Medical Legal Issues

  Copiscope-Colorado Jul. 2011 (Issue 162)

  Risk Issues in Infectious Disease • Social Networking and Medicine • AMA Policy: Professionalism in The Use Of Social Media • Your Most Difficult Patient • How To Positively Emerge From a Lawsuit

  Copiscope-Colorado May 2011 (Issue 161)

  10 Strategies for Reducing Medication Errors • Capnography for Moderate Sedations: New Standards for Basic Anesthesia Monitoring • Making Urgent Care Safer • Urgent Care Claims

  Copiscope-Colorado Mar. 2011 (Issue 160)

  10 Ways to Avoid Litigation • Importing Devices from Outside the U.S. • Updated Medical E-Risk Considerations • Undertaking TOLCA • Informed Consent and Documentation • How Cognitive Errors Affect Diagnosis

  Copiscope-Colorado Jan. 2011 (Issue 159)

  10 Always Events for Communication • The Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry • Reminder to Update Skolnik Profiles