Study Set Content:
The best way to avoid omission negligence is to
learn from experience, anticipate mistakes that
may appear in databases, and keep abreast of
changes in
DI sources
may spell the difference
between refuting or not refuting an unfounded
claim of malpractice.
Adequate documentation
Adequate documentation may spell the difference
between refuting or not refuting an unfounded
claim of malpractice. Such documentation
includes responses to inquiries, as well as a record
of steps taken in a search. Designing and following
procedures to document the research process can
help avoid
negligence
The key to provision of quality DI in an information
service is the availability of () information
current, objective
should be in place to ensure that data
are continually reviewed and updated.
Procedures
standards for the timeliness,
thoroughness, and accuracy of information could
also insulate against liability.
Quality assurance
The internet contains a growing hodgepodge of
sources with little () and uneven
()
organization, credibility
Internet sources may contain innocent mistakes
and/or deliberate fraud, as well as ()
material
outdated
is defined as the use of
telecommunications and interactive video
technology to provide health care services to
patients who are at a distance.
Telemedicine
includes the marketing, relationship
creation, advise, prescribing, and selling
pharmaceuticals and devices in cyberspace.
Cybermedicine
As telemedicine and cybermedicine expand,
questions regarding liability for pharmacists
providing DI on the internet will need to be
addressed.
As telemedicine and cybermedicine expand,
questions regarding liability for pharmacists
providing DI on the internet will need to be
addressed.
For Internet specific data, check ()information
without references should receive little weight in
clinical decision making), who maintains the site
(owner/sponsor or whether the site has an expert
advisory board), affiliations (commercial,
organization “org”, governmental “gov”), and seal
of approval from organizations that review health
care sites.
urrency,
authorship, publisher, length of time site has existed,
site reviews, links to/from other sites,
biases/objectiveness, intended audience, quality
of the writing, references provided (
is a federal law that required
the creation of national standards to protect
sensitive patient health information from being
disclosed without the patient’s consent or
knowledge.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
The liability aspects of DI include more than just
negligence
The DI practitioner must have a ()
of these areas
working awareness
The future of DI lies in the ability to provide
consultative DI services.
To avoid causes of action:
o be good at what you do.
o have good relations with requestors
o make no outrageous claims about the
accuracy and thoroughness of information
provided
o have a malpractice insurance policy
should not be preoccupied with the
risk of incurring liability, but should take the
necessary steps to limit exposure and develop an
appreciation of modern legal philosophy.
Pharmacists
TOP TEN MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
1. MEDICATION ERRORS
2. DIAGNOSIS FAILURES
3. NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION
4. DELAYED TREATMENT
5. FAILURE TO OBTAIN CONSENT
6. LACK OF PROPER CREDENTIALING OR TECHNICAL
SKILL
7. UNEXPECTED DEATH
8. IATROGENIC INJURY, NOSOCOMIAL AND WOUND
INFECTIONS, FRACTURES
9. PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
10. LACK OF TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION
refers to a
systematic body of
rules that governs the
whole society and the
actions
of its individual
members.
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