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Patient Safety in Dentistry: Documentation
The primary purpose of documentation is to create an orderly chronological record of the clinical decision-making process, treatment provided, and patient responses.

Professional Education
Loss Lessons: Practicing Out of Bounds
Unlicensed staff are vital to efficient patient flow in medical practice. Healthcare organizations have many tasks that are safely and effectively carried out by skilled unlicensed support staff every day. To reach such efficiencies with safety and reliability, careful attention must be given to scope of practice and state and local statutes regarding delegation and supervision. Policies and protocols that outline the scope of practice for unlicensed staff to follow independently, and when they must consult with licensed staff, help even the most talented of your staff understand their boundaries. This case illustrates how informal verbal guidelines can blur the lines and cause well-meaning staff to cross the boundary lines of their scope leading to misdiagnosis and death.

Pediatric Risk Review Launched
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, today released “Pediatric Claims: April Malpractice Risk Review,” the newest edition in a monthly series of specialty-focused analyses designed to support patient safety and clinical risk management.

Video Sep 11, 2024
Is This Healthcare's AI Moment?
Robert Wachter, MD, asks top experts who gathered at the TDC Group 2024 Executive Advisory Board Meeting, “Is this healthcare’s AI moment?”

Video Sep 23, 2024
AI for Clinician Burnout and Health Equity
Artificial intelligence (AI) has potential to help alleviate clinician burnout and address health disparities. Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, shares insights during TDC Group’s 2024 Executive Advisory Board Meeting.

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