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The Massachusetts Emergency Medicine Risk Management Program. Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of
1Emergency Department, Framingham Union Hospital, MA 01701.
QRB. Quality Review Bulletin
|September 1, 1991
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.