Risk Management Strategies for Reducing Liability

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Product format Pre Recorded Event
Presenter Dianne Ditmer, PhD, RN, CFN, CRM, CMI-III, CHS-III, SANE, DABFN, FACFEI
Conference Date Thursday, January 19, 2012
Aired Time (ET) 11 am ET | 10 am CT | 9 am MT | 8 am PT
Length 60 Minutes

Product Description

1 out of every 10 American is affected by Healthcare errors. It is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 44,000 – 98,000 patients every year.


Adverse events are at an epidemic level, impacting 1 in every 10 patients around the world. As a result, safe medical care is a priority for patients and their family members, multidisciplinary practitioners and the entire healthcare community. 

Focused efforts to mitigate contemporary errors and adverse events result from adopting innovative strategies, educating providers and consumers, enhancing systems and processes and supporting identification with reporting.

Join patient safety expert, Dr. Dianne Ditmer, for this 60-minute look into current, evidence-based strategies to identify, analyze and prevent medical errors that often lead to adverse events.

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  • The top 10 adverse events compromising patient safety and contributing to healthcare fatalities.
  • Explore the financial, social, and physical impact of medical errors on the patient, family and healthcare community.
  • Dianne will get to the root causes of medical errors in relationship to departure from standard of care.
  • Zoom in on the risk factors and failures associated with communication, documentation, and professional competency.
  • Review evidence-based strategies to increase patient safety while reducing medical errors.
  • Identify quality and safety initiatives to enhancing patient safety.

Ask a question at the Q&A session following the live event and get advice unique to your situation, directly from our expert speaker. 

Who should attend? Healthcare providers: Nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants; clinicians in family practice, medical office settings or acute care settings; patient advocates, educators.

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About the Speaker

Dr. Dianne Ditmer, PhD, RN, CFN, CRM, CMI-III, CHS-III, SANE, DABFN, FACFEI is a clinical nurse educator and Certified Forensic Nurse with a background in risk management and emergency nursing. Her clinical training and certifications include forensic nursing and medical error investigation.  As a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Dr. Ditmer serves as board member of the American Board of Forensic Nurses, Ohio Healthcare Taskforce on Family Violence, and Montgomery County Sexual Assault Response Team. As a board member for the State of Ohio Department of Mental Health, she is currently developing evidence-based training protocols specific to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Her national publications include forensic nursing certification modules for the American College of Forensic Examiners and article publication in the peer reviewed journal, The Forensic Examiner, Nurses Digest and the Magnet Advisor. As an international speaker, Dr. Ditmer presents to multi-disciplinary healthcare providers on topics including forensic nursing, workplace violence, caring for vulnerable populations. Dr. Ditmer also serves as adjunct faculty at Kettering College of Medical Arts where she teaches ethics and healthcare law; research; and forensic science.


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