Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine by Continuing Education, Inc - Florida

Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Feb 03 - 10, 2019 at MS Harmony of the Seas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

Target Audience :
Physicians Nurses Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Medical Ethics Legal-Medical Attorneys Psychiatrists Psychologists.

Accreditation :
• 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
• 14 CE Credits.
• 14 Contact Hours.

Conference Topics :
• Ethics & Bioethics.
? Bioethics, Professionalism, and Communication.
? Fetal Interests, Abortion and Stem Cell Research.
• Regulation of Medical Practice - Overview of Federal and State Laws.
? Licensing, Credentialing, Privileging and Impairment Issues.
? HIPAA, EMTALA, and Other Federal Mandates.
? Affordable Care Act and Accountable Care Organizations.
? Fraud and Abuse and Criminal Negligence.
• Electronic Health Records (Ehr) Versus Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
? Current State of Implementation of Health Information Technology (HIT).
? Meaningful Use Stages I, 2 (2014) and 3 (2016).
? Electronic Informed Consent.
? EHR Malpractice Liability.
• End-of-life Decisions - Ethical and Legal Issues.
? The Dying Process.
? Classification of Euthanasia.
? Physician Aid in Dying and Hospice Care.
? Determination of Death.
• Federal and State Regulation of Pain Management.
? Controlled Substances Act Standard of Pain Treatment.
? REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) Program.
? Monitoring Programs and Disposal of controlled substances.
? Pain Management State Guidelines, Laws and Rules.
? Addiction, Death and Pain Malpractice.
• Medical and Forensic Expert Witness and Testimony.
? Federal and State Rules of Evidence Governing Expert Witnesses.
? Deposition of Expert Witness.
? Direct and Cross Examination of Expert at Trial.
? Daubert Challenges of Experts.
• Official Disability Guidelines and Ama Guides in Workers Compensation and Non-occupational Injuries.
? Evidence Based Medicine.
? Official Disability Guidelines.
? Rating Impairment under AMA Guides.
? Return to Work Guidelines.
• Professional Medical Liability & Nursing Malpractice.
? American Law and Judicial Process.
? Medical Negligence: Causes, Prevention and Defenses.
? Spoliation of Evidence in Medical Records.
? Capacity, Competency, Informed Consent and Informed Refusal.
? Liability of MCOs, ACOs, Hospitals, CRNAs, Nurses, PAs and Nurse Practitioners.
? Malpractice Case Presentations.
• Medical Malpractice Mock Trial.
? MOCK TRIAL: Never Event Medical Error.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.