Copiscope-General

Copiscope-General

COPIC's newsletter (for states outside of Colorado) that focuses on risk management guidelines with articles that offer useful, practical insight. Issues prior to 2018 were "Nebraska Copiscope" editions.

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• 2019 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2019 (Issue 208)

  Dealing with Potentially Dangerous Patients • 5 Cyber-security Threats to Focus on • Scams Targeting Physicians

  Copiscope-General Sept. 2019 (Issue 207)

  When Patients Demand Unnecessary Tests • 3 Ways to Call COPIC for Expert Support 

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2019 (Issue 206-1)

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

  Missteps Leading to Missed Diagnosis of Infections • Specialty Focus: Emergency Medicine

• 2018 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2018 (Issue 204-1)

  Urgent Care: Managing Patient Expectations • Risk Management with Ultrasonograms • Back to Basics: The 3Rs Program

  Copiscope-General Sept. 2018 (Issue 203-1)

  Making Urgent Care Safer for Patients • Top Patient Safety Concerns

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2018 (Issue 202-1)

  Best Practices: PAs and NPs • Provider/Patient Perceptions of Communication-and-Resolution Programs • Attorney Requests for Medical Records

  Copiscope-General Mar. 2018 (Issue 201-1)

  Curbside Consults • Physician Defense Mistakes • Physician Review Sites

• 2017 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2017 (Issue 84)

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

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2017 (Issue 83)

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

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2017 (Issue 82)

  Specialty Focus: Radiology • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2017 (Part 2) • Documentation Do’s and Don’ts

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2017 (Issue 81)

  Specialty Focus: General Surgery • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2017 (Part 1) • Patients Recording Encounters

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2017 (Issue 80)

  Specialty Focus: OB/GYN • Posting/Providing Language Interpretation Services for Patients • Empathy and Litigation

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2017 (Issue 79)

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

• 2016 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2016 (Issue 78)

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

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2016 (Issue 77)

  Patient Access to Medical Records • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of EHRs

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2016 (Issue 76)

  Building Resilience • Warning for Fluoroquinolones • Top Ten Patient Safety Issues For 2016

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2016 (Issue 75)

  The Opioid Epidemic: It’s Still a Problem • Patients Recording Interactions with Physicians • Power Morcellation in Gynecological Surgery

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2016 (Issue 74)

  Perioperative Medication Errors • Communication Errors in Surgery

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2016 (Issue 73)

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

• 2015 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2015 (Issue 72)

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

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2015 (Issue 71)

  Suicide and Patients • Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns (Part 1) • COPIC Report on Data Breaches

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2015 (Issue 70)

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

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2015 (Issue 69)

  Treating Employees, Family Members, and Yourself • Overlooked Diagnostic Tests • Physician Wellness Kit

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2015 (Issue 68)

  Against Medical Advice • Telemedicine and Liability Issues

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2015 (Issue 67)

  Recognition & Rescue • Top Ten Tips to Improve Handoffs • Computer Time Versus Patient Time • FDA Update: Laparoscopic Power Morcellators

• 2014 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2014 (Issue 66)

  Pain Management with Opioids • COPIC Legal Defense • Patient Safety Initiatives Reduce Claims

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2014 (Issue 65)

  Difficult Deliveries • Power Morcellation in Gynecologic Surgery • Updated Neonatal Encephalopathy Report

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2014 (Issue 64)

  Anchoring Bias • HHS Tool to Assess HIPAA Security Risks • Patient Safety—Impact on Medical Practices • COPIC Receives ACCME Accreditation

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2014 (Issue 63)

  Closing the Loop • Choosing Wisely—Top 5 Pain Interventions to Avoid • The Nonadherent Patient

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2014 (Issue 62)

  Communication & Resolution Programs • Importance of an Accurate Problem List • Surgical Checklists and Timeouts

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2014 (Issue 61)

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

• 2013 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2013 (Issue 60)

  Preparing for CMS Audits of EHR Incentive Programs • Failure to Rescue • Fear of Lawsuits Push Defensive Medicine

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2013 (Issue 59)

  Diagnostic Errors • Risk Management Guidelines for Telephone Encounters • Conflict in the Physician-Patient Relationship

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2013 (Issue 58)

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

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2013 (Issue 57)

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

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2013 (Issue 56)

  Association Between EHR Use and Medical Liability Claims • Legal Protections: Care Under Emergency & Volunteer Circumstances • Caring for Breast Cancer Survivors • Childbirth Complications • Drug Alerts from PDR Network

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2013 (Issue 55)

  Top Ten Tips for Pain Medication • FDA-Approved Risk Management Education on Long-Term Opioids • Resurgence of Pertussis

• 2012 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2012 (Issue 54)

  Coordination of Care • Necessity of Common Medical Tests and Procedures

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2012 (Issue 53)

  COPIC Guide to Incident Reporting • Medications of Controversy • Recommended Actions for Unsolicited Diagnostic Tests

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2012 (Issue 52)

  Impaired and Unsafe Drivers: Duty to Report to the DMV • Treating Youth Athletes’ Concussions • Impact of Defensive Medicine

  Copiscope-General Jun. 2012 (Issue 51)

  Physician On-Call Obligations: EMTALA • Barriers to the Use of Perioperative Briefings and Checklists • COPIC Revises “Against Medical Advice” Sample Form

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2012 (Issue 50)

  COPIC’s Level One Guidelines • Inadequate Communication Between Primary Care and Specialists • Reducing Infection in Outpatient Settings

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2012 (Issue 49)

  FAQs About Importing Prescription Drugs • Risk Management for Ultrasonography During Pregnancies • Conservative Prescribing to Reduce Medication Errors • Improving Radiologist and Clinician Communication

• 2011 Archive

  Copiscope-General Dec. 2011 (Issue 48)

  FAQs Regarding Occurrence Reporting • “Red Flags”/ Words of Caution • Giving Advice Over the Telephone in the ED • Drug Alerts from HCNN • Terminating a Physician-Patient Relationship

  Copiscope-General Oct. 2011 (Issue 47)

  Preventing Surgical Fires • Curbside Consultations • Educating Physicians in Training About Medical Legal Issues • Chances of Being Sued

  Copiscope-General Aug. 2011 (Issue 46)

  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-General Jun. 2011 (Issue 45)

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

  Copiscope-General Apr. 2011 (Issue 44)

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

  Copiscope-General Feb. 2011 (Issue 43)

  10 Ways to Improve Communication • Review of Risk Management Procedures • Failure to Diagnose with Multiple Providers • After Hours Coverage