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Four Principles for Better Test-Result Tracking

Brandi White

Lost or misfiled test results can delay needed care. Here’s how to prevent this common error in office-based practice.

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What’s Wrong With This Practice?

Robert L. Edsall

The practice shown on our cover has enough problems that you might need a key to identify them. Especially since none of the major problems show in the picture.

EDITORIAL

Can We Avoid Errors in Family Practice?

Marc L. Rivo

Primum non nocere, “first do no harm,” is one of our profession’s guiding principles. First and foremost, we want to avoid mistakes. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, focused the spotlight on medical mistakes...

GETTING PAID CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

ER procedures and admission | Billing for nursing home work | Removing a nuchal lipoma

MONITOR

MONITOR

AAFP establishes patient safety center | Two patient safety bills introduced in Congress | DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES: A THING OF THE PAST? | Reducing medication errors in seconds | New drugs are nothing new | Free compensation calculator

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE INFORMATION FROM YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

If it walks like a duck … | Statements and stickers

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

David C. Kibbe, F. Michael Arnow, Alice G. Gosfield

When patients request their records | Reasonable bad debt | Including the correct diagnosis on a claim

BALANCING ACT

When Medical Errors Hit Home

Deborah S. McPherson

Her father’s illness brought this FP face-to-face with the potential price of medical mistakes.



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