Why Take the Risk? Effective Patient Education and Informed Consent for Risk Mitigation

In this joint AAO and OMIC-sponsored webinar, Robert S. Gold, MD, Board Chair of OMIC, and J. Kevin McKinney, MD, MPH, Academy Patient Education Committee Chair, demonstrate how patient engagement and informed consent should be implemented to protect your practice from medico-legal risk. CME credit was available to those who attended the live webinar and is not offered in association with viewing this recording.

This webinar:

• Reviews a real medico-legal case, analyzing what went wrong that put a physician and practice at legal risk.
• Outlines easy-to-implement, practical strategies for effective patient education and informed consent.
• Explains how to save time and resources while effectively engaging patients for better understanding and compliance.
• Helps you mitigate malpractice risk.

• Academy Patient Education resources and questions: patientinfo@aao.org
• OMIC risk management resources and questions: omic@omic.com