Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 67
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Jayne E. Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: C (Internal Affairs, Constitution and Bylaws [2014-On]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS endeavors to educate physicians and other health care providers about the importance of careful and accurate verbal discussions and written documentation of care provided; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS encourages physicians to demonstrate and maintain high ethical standards to avoid inadvertently discrediting other physicians or other health care providers; thereby, leading by example so that resident physicians and medical students can learn in a supportive environment while providing excellent care for our mutual patients; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS dedicate an article in Michigan Medicine to educate physicians and other health care providers about the importance of careful and accurate verbal discussions and written documentation of care provided; and to have MSMS Legal Counsel discuss the relationship of medical liability cases to miscommunication.
RESOLVED: That MSMS endeavors to educate physicians and other health care providers about the importance of careful and accurate verbal discussions and written documentation of care provided; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS encourages physicians to demonstrate and maintain high ethical standards to avoid inadvertently discrediting other physicians or other health care providers; thereby, leading by example so that resident physicians and medical students can learn in a supportive environment while providing excellent care for our mutual patients; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS dedicate an article in Michigan Medicine to educate physicians and other health care providers about the importance of careful and accurate verbal discussions and written documentation of care provided; and to have MSMS Legal Counsel discuss the relationship of medical liability cases to miscommunication.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Playing in the Sandbox Together
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