Practice Management
Urgent message: Creating a safety culture in the urgent care clinic starts with proper hand washing before even seeing a patient and ends with transitioning care out of the practice – and includes close attention to every detail in between. The second of two parts. Phillip Disraeli MD, FAAFP The Institute of Medicine’s 1998 Report to Err is Human grabbed media attention by estimating that 98,000 deaths each year can be attributed to adverse events …
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Urgent message: As urgent care’s role in the continuum of care continues to evolve, the practitioner must take steps to create a culture that supports proper patient identification, drug safety, and adherence to lab standards. Phillip Disraeli MD, FAAFP In the 1988 report To Err is Human, the Institute of Medicine defined patient safety as “freedom from accidental injury.” The ensuing media coverage focused on the 98,000 deaths that IOM estimated occur each year due …
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Second in a Two-part Series Urgent message: Acute injuries to the midfoot and hind foot require immediate treatment or emergent referral. Close attention to the location and mechanism of injury at the urgent care site may facilitate efficient care and prevent long-term disability. Phillip H. Disraeli MD, FAAFP In keeping with the tone of part 1 of this two-part series (JUCM, December 2008), this article will discuss the urgent care clinician’s approach to foot fractures …
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Urgent message: Acute injuries to the foot often send patients to an urgent care center—though on occasion they don’t present for weeks, or even months, after the injury occurred. Understanding the natural history of untreated fractures in the foot is imperative to positive outcomes. The first in a two-part series. Phillip H. Disraeli MD, FAAFP This article will focus primarily on two aspects of care: 1. Proper management of and follow-up for simple nondisplaced fractures …
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