Page 3 - Hospitalists - Risks When You're the Doctor in the House (Part One)

Faculty and Authors

This course was developed by SVMIC’s Risk Education and
Evaluation Department: Shelly Weatherly, JD, VP; Julie Loomis,

RN, JD, AVP, Risk Education Program and Development;
Jeff Woods, JD, Director of Risk Education Program and
Development.

Overview

The purpose of this course is to review the common issues
associated with hospitalist practice as revealed through medical
malpractice claims data. The risks associated with common

hospitalist errors, including risks of failed communication and
documentation process gaps, are explored and strategies to

avoid risk are offered.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Recognize the most common risk management issues

associated with the practice of hospitalist medicine.

2. List risks of poor communication, documentation, medication

errors, and other factors that make a claim or lawsuit
indefensible.

3. Identify risk management strategies to improve delivery of
care in the hospitalist specialty.