The Doctor’s Advocate | First Quarter 2018
Training for Practice Managers and Other Staff
We offer a variety of complimentary on-demand courses to engage your staff in understanding how to reduce risks, improve patient safety, and increase patient satisfaction. Here’s a sample:
- Cybersecurity and Data Breaches
- CMS Compliance: Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Prevention
- HIPAA Fundamentals
- It’s the Little Things: Enhancing Patient Relations
- Making Sense of MACRA
- Managing Challenging Patients
- Teamwork Training! An Overview of TeamSTEPPS®
These courses can be part of orientation or ongoing training for practice managers and other employees.
Learn More
Find these courses and many others designed to keep you and your staff up to date on knowledge and tools that can make a difference in your practice. Visit thedoctors.com/cme.
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First Quarter 2018
Director's Forum
Nurse Practitioner Closed Claims Study
An Ounce of Prevention
Nurse Practitioner Closed Claims: Risk Mitigation Strategies
Government Relations Report
Damage Limits Protect Access to Healthcare
Training for Practice Managers and Other Staff
Foundation News
Foundation Grant Improves Hospitalist Communication
Innovations in Patient Safety
Leveraging Cardiology Data to Improve Care
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