Avoiding Risk and Maximizing Safety: Prudent Documentation Can Be Your Best Friend - SC34

Sunday, May 21, 2023

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET

Location: Ballroom IV

CME Credits 1

Sub Topic: Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

Hindi E. Stohl, JD, MD

Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
James M. Shwayder, JD, MD

Adjunct Professor
University of Florida/Gainesville, FL
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Venice, FL, United States

Disclosure(s): Femasys: Consultant (Terminated, April 30, 2022); Siemens Ultrasound: Consultant (Terminated, November 15, 2021)

Session Description
Fear of litigation negatively impacts an obstetrician’s job satisfaction and clinical performance. Accurate and effective documentation is a vital part of clinical care and important in defending a claim against professional negligence. Presented by two practicing ob-gyns who are also licensed attorneys, this session highlights documentation pearls and pitfalls to help ob-gyns mitigate risk and increase safety and health equity.

Disclosure(s):

Hindi E. Stohl, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

James M. Shwayder, MD: Femasys: Consultant (Terminated, April 30, 2022); Siemens Ultrasound: Consultant (Terminated, November 15, 2021)