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Business of Medicine/Practice Management

Litigation in Otolaryngology: Strategies to Minimizing Liability

Saturday, September 28, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Location: MBCC, 233
CME/MOC Credit: 1
Disclosure(s):
Jean Anderson Eloy, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Medicolegal factors contribute to increasing healthcare costs through the direct costs of malpractice litigation, malpractice insurance premiums, and defensive medicine. Malpractice litigation trends are constantly changing as a result of technological innovations and changes in laws. This presentation will be an interactive session to engage the audience in discussion of otolaryngologic malpractice issues. Recent legal decisions related to otolaryngology will be reviewed and tips/pearls to decrease medicolegal liability and enhance patient safety will be discussed. Adequate documentation for inform consent and different aspects and types of malpractice insurance coverage will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Examine the most recent trial decisions in otolaryngology and determine which procedures are most commonly litigated in the current medicolegal environment.
  2. Provide otolaryngologists with tips and pearls on how to prevent malpractice litigation.
  3. Discuss key actions when faced with malpractice litigation.

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Jean Anderson Eloy, MD

    Distinguished Professor and Vice Chairman of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    West Orange, New Jersey, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.