Adverse events including medical errors and care related stressful events can have significant traumatic impact on the caregivers involved. A growing number of hospitals and hospital systems have recognized the need to proactively support those caregivers impacted by stressful patient care related events. In this webinar, you will hear about the work at John Muir Health, which has developed a program that provides staff support through peer responders resulting in increased resiliency and trust.
In the face of widespread use of opioid analgesics to treat
postsurgical pain, the opioid epidemic and its outcomes have
taken today’s media by storm. Drug overdose deaths involving
prescription/illicit opioids have become the number one cause of
accidental death nationwide, and opioid prescriptions given by
perioperative physicians (pain specialists, surgeons, etc.)
contribute to it. In an effort to address this public health
crisis, a team of innovative physicians and allied health
professionals at USC are tackling the source of the problem: the
pain.
Interested counsel may join a discussion group that offers
support and an opportunity to learn about the new legal
privileges and challenges of the Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005. You can request to join the
group by
clicking here. This group generally holds conference calls
quarterly.
