eLearning—Feb. 03, 2011

HCA and APS Improve Patient Safety

HCA spearheaded a broad initiative to improve safety by creating uniformity in processes and procedures, supporting team behavior, viewing cesarean delivery as a process alternative rather than...[learn more]

Litigation—Jun. 01, 2011

Illustrated Verdict

Illustrated Verdict is a periodical published by Advanced Practice Strategies that explains the legal strategy...[learn more]

If you would like to receive the Illustrated Verdict please contact info@aps-web.com

eLearning—Apr. 01, 2011

Reducing Error in the Operating Room

Surgical error is responsible for an estimated one out of every four recorded medical errors, taking thousands of lives and costing patients and insurers approximately $1.5 billion annually. Clinicians at every point...[learn more]

eLearning—Feb. 03, 2011

CRICO/RMF and APS Reduce High Severity Cases

Harvard's Risk Management Foundation has achieved significant performance improvements within Harvard's CRICO system through a program including online education...[learn more]

eLearning—Apr. 01, 2011

Case Study: Lompoc Valley Medical Center

At the Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC) in California, all physicians and nurses working in LVMC’s labor and delivery department completed the APS Perinatal Safety Curriculum.[learn more]

eLearning—Apr. 01, 2011

Perinatal Safety Series

The APS Perinatal Safety Curriculum addresses fundamental questions in the practice of obstetrics: When is intervention necessary? Why do clinical teams sometimes fail to recognize or respond to worsening...[learn more]

eLearning—Apr. 01, 2011

Competency Maintenance in Obstetrics

As with all skills, if you don't use it, you lose it. Obstetrical skills are no different. Everyone requires frequent review and reassessment to keep their skills sharp and their patients...[learn more]

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Solutions for Insurance Carriers

Defending Physicians, Investing in Safety

Insurance carriers work with APS on medical risk management whether it appears in the form of claims or the potential for future adverse outcomes. Specifically, APS helps insurance carriers to:

• Provide successful medical malpractice defense by working with our Demonstrative Evidence Group to create a successful visual strategy and empower defendants at trial.
• Promote the practice of safe medicine by providing doctors and teams with access to continuing medical education that changes clinical practice.

APS Demonstrative Evidence Group contributes to judgment for the defense in over 94% of the cases we participate in, as compared to the national average of 73%. Additionally, those insurers who work most closely with APS enjoy a win rate of up to 97%. In the courtroom, key witnesses are often confronted with the difficult task of clarifying complex medical matters to a jury of laypeople, struggling to convey their information in a manner that the jury can understand. APS uses a proven visual strategy, along with  trial exhibits created to illustrate or clarify clinical situations, to empower witnesses as they speak to juries. APS works closely with the defense team to create a compelling jury education strategy and follows up with high-quality case-specific medical illustrations, x-ray enhancements, and multimedia presentations to complement expert testimony.

APS eLearning  takes two decades of lessons learned in the courtroom and builds engaging and interactive online medical education to help clinicians avoid common errors, improve patient safety, and enhance medical risk management. Focused on clinical practice in areas like obstetrics, surgery, and internal medicine, the APS eLearning curriculum reflects currently accepted standards and protocols as well as the wisdom of recognized experts. Through these courses, clinicians can practice their decision-making skills in a safe environment and benefit from personalized feedback provided by highly respected leaders in their field. APS courses are designed to suit the learning styles and busy work environment of clinicians, engaging them through clinically rich, team and case based scenarios, with a high level of interactivity and customization, and an innovative lifelong competency maintenance offering.

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