Content for this Course Developed by:

Speaker:
ALAN LEMBITZ, MD
Vice President
Department of Patient Safety & Risk Management

Launch Date: November 30, 2009   
Termination Date: November 30, 2010

Questions about the programming or systems issues?
Please contact Lorraine Pickrell at CFMC via email at lpickrell@cfmc.org.

Questions about the content?
Please contact Sunny Hessler at COPIC via email at shessler@copic.com.

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ALAN LEMBITZ, MD
Vice President
Department of Patient Safety & Risk Management
COPIC, Denver, Colorado

Goal/Purpose:
To educate physicians and healthcare professionals on the liability and risk issues associated with patient documentation.  Case studies, based on actual situations from COPIC files, will illustrate the concerns of different specialists.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Illustrate appropriate patient documentation skills in an effort to reduce the incidence of documentation infractions
• Discuss the risks and benefits of the transition to an electronic medical record (EMR) system