Medical Malpractice Liability and the Electronic Medical Record

Learning Objectives:
Participation in this seminar will better enable learners to:

  • Explore the implications for malpractice liability resulting from key functionalities of EMR systems, including templates and copy and paste functionalities.
  • Discuss how the EMR is redesigning medical liability by modifying the way in which courts determine the standard of care.
  • Provide case examples to illustrate and reinforce how the EMR can lead to medical malpractice.
  • Review best documentation practices in an EMR. How to make certain your documentation is compliant. Describe how clinicians can protect themselves by managing and mitigating EMR risks.
  • Discuss how the EMR has changed documentation and communication.

Date of Webinar

March 9, 2021 12:00 am

Presented By

Jerry Williamson, MD, FAAP, MJ, CHC, LHRM

Type of Webinar

Physicians & Advanced Practice Professionals