Skip to main content

FreeCME
About Us
Sign Up|Log In

FreeCME
About Us
All Products

Sign Up|Log In

Browse by Speciality Area

Hospital Medicine
Cardiology
Risk Management
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Primary Care
Medical Ethics
Pediatrics

Browse by Product Type

Subscription Publications
Books & Study Guides

All Access Subscription

Get unlimited access to our full publication and article library.

Interested in Group Sales? Learn more

Home
Healthcare Risk Management
April 1, 2002

Bioterrorism Watch: CDC gets plenty of advice for action

April 1, 2002

Issue Date: April 1, 2002

Table of Contents

A new era in liability means keeping criminal charges against docs at bay
Audio conferences target disasters, medical disclosure
Pain management cases show the risk of opiates
Patient’s records show pain, need for opiates
Criminal cases undermine efforts to improve safety
Compliance, peer review are your best defense
Six strategies to reduce your risk of charges
Hospital sued by gay man denied access to partner
Feds: Almost all nursing homes are understaffed
$10 million in funding for efforts to reduce errors
Improper payment rates decline in 2001
Suit: Mandated translation services never offered
Legal Review and Commentary: Adult meningitis goes undetected, resulting in death: $2.5 million Ohio settlement
Legal Review and Commentary: Restrained victim dies: Confidential settlements
Patient Safety Alert Supplement
Bioterrorism Watch: Building a bridge over the abyss: Will bioterrorism help bring disjointed health system together?
Bioterrorism Watch: CDC gets plenty of advice for action

Financial Disclosure: None of the authors or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients

Shop Now: Search Products

Subscription Publication Books & Study Guides Group & Site Licenses State CME/CE Requirements

Emergency
Hospital
Clinical
All Access
Help
Search
About Us
Newsletters
FreeCME

The trusted source for healthcare information and CONTINUING EDUCATION.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

MAILING ADDRESS

1010 Sync St., Suite 100

Morrisville, NC 27560-5468

USA

© 2025 Relias. All rights reserved.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Privacy Policy
Terms Of Use
Help
Group Sales

For DSR inquiries or complaints, please reach out to Wes Vaux, Data Privacy Officer, DPO@relias.com