Promoting Patient Responsibility - Thurston County Chamber

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Accountability • <strong>Patient</strong>s need to be engaged in their care • Holding patients accountable for their inaction is often difficult because of poor communication and a lack of documentation Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company 12
Am I responsible for everything? • Washington State implements the doctrine of pure comparative fault. • This means that the “fact finder” (aka jury) can apportion responsibility to any party in the case. • If any responsibility is assigned to the patient the damage award is reduced by that percentage Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company 13
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Page 9 and 10: Patients ignore medical advice…
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Page 15 and 16: Importance of Documentation • Oft
Page 17 and 18: Examples of Accountability Tools
Page 21 and 22: Example - Informed Refusal of Care
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Page 48 and 49: Setting Limits With Patients • Ed
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Page 52 and 53: The Good News • Patients generall
Page 54 and 55: Adverse outcome - what now? • Do
Page 56 and 57: Avoid… • Blaming others / shift
Page 58 and 59: Apology and the Law • RCW 5.64.01
Page 60 and 61: Adverse Event Response • Document
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MD to JD - What They Want You to Kn
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“This is gonna hurt like hell”
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