title: The Massachusetts Emergency Medicine Risk Management Program. Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
abstract: Reducing malpractice claims incidence and improving the quality of patient care are the goals of the Massachusetts Emergency Physician Risk Management Program. This innovative program entails computer audit of records in high-risk diagnostic categories. The program focuses on increasing physician awareness of high-risk diagnoses and on medical record documentation of a few critical actions pertinent to each diagnostic area.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Framingham Union Hospital, MA 01701.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karcz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holbrook
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D003663:Decision Trees; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D008404:Massachusetts; D008485:Medical Audit; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted