Practice-based Learning & Improvement

Electronic Prior Authorization: A Better Way

Learn about how you can start using electronic prior authorization, or ePA, and what the AMA is doing to help at www.ama-assn.org/prior-auth. Disclaimers 1. This activity is hosted on the AMA Ed Hub. 2. This activity is free to AMA…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 3: Prevention

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 2: Risk Assessment

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 1: Risk Implications

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 6: Safety

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 5: Internal Maneuvers

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

Shoulder Dystocia Part 4: External Maneuvers

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sudden and unpredictable obstetrical emergency and a significant cause of obstetric claims. Updates and additional research outlined in ACOG’s Practice Bulletin #178 offer an appropriate approach to identifying populations at-risk, SD risk factors, and managing…

C. difficile Infection: An Update

Clostridioides difficile is the top cause of healthcare acquired infections in the US. There are new developments in the fight against this epidemic: new practice guidelines, new antibiotics, and new tools. Regional multidisciplinary collaboratives and antibiotic stewardship strategies have had…

Risk Issues in Pulmonology: Lung Cancer Screening

In recent years, guidelines for lung cancer screening have gained momentum. This has resulted in more nodules found, more referrals made, and more risk for pulmonologists. An overview of pulmonology claims, an examination of the USPSTF guidelines for lung cancer…

Medical Error Prevention, Analysis, and Common Areas

According to the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report, there is substantial evidence that 1 in every 10 diagnoses is wrong. To improve the quality of healthcare and patient safety, physicians should know the causes of diagnostic errors (cognitive, system-related, overconfidence)…