LM303 - Using Malpractice Claim Data to Identify Risks in Audiology Practice

Abstract:
Prevention is a core concept among healthcare professionals. It is also the key to risk education. Audiology malpractice information can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as improve quality of care and patient safety. The presentation will give insights into the most common liability concerns against Audiologists. This session will also include claim scenarios and risk recommendations to help create a safe environment for Audiologists and their patients.

Summary:
This session will address Audiologists’ most common professional liability concerns, including emerging risks and ways that Audiologists can protect themselves from liability exposures. Utilizing HPSO/CNA’s database of Audiology closed professional liability claims, we can identify liability patterns and trends, we can highlight adverse events that resulted in financial loss or expenses, and we focus on the types of situations most likely to have serious adverse consequences for patients and create liability exposures for Audiologists. Using this information, Audiologists can examine their own current practices in relation to the claims and losses experienced by their peers.