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Risk Management Services
Risk Management Services are included in every policy EPIX writes. All EPIX groups have a responsibility to participate in the risk services program as an important piece to the foundation of EPIX’s physician-owned model. EPIX believes that implementation of evidenced-based clinical and operational protocols in the emergency and urgent care setting will result in a reduction in risk and an improvement in patient care.
EPIX CME and Patient Safety Briefs are developed and written exclusively for EPIX insured physicians and advanced practice providers by nationally known educator and clinically practicing emergency physician, Dr. Stephen Colucciello. All CME are exclusive to EPIX and accredited ACEP Category I and AMA PRA Category 1™. All CME include urgent care best practices.
Onsite Risk Assessments. Comprehensive risk assessments measure compliance to over 200 evidence-based indicators. EPIX collaborates with groups to address opportunities for clinical and operational improvement in their emergency department. Urgent care sites have access to the EPIX self-guided risk assessment tool for urgent care.
Online Accredited EPIX CME Courses. Focused in emergency and urgent care medicine. Current library:
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Advances in the Emergent Diagnosis of High Risk Chest Pain; Part 1
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Advances in the Emergent Diagnosis of High Risk Chest Pain; Part 2
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New Guidelines for Pediatric Fever and Sepsis
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Pain Management Part I; Opioids in the ED
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Pain Management Part II; Alternatives to Opioids
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Recognizing and Treating Sepsis in the ED
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Recognizing and Treating Stroke in the ED
"It is the intimate involvement of risk management and patient safety programs into our offering that is uniquely EPIX, but it is not the only benefit."
EPIX Patient Safety Briefs. Articles and best practices on high-risk patients and current topics specific to emergency and urgent care medicine. Patient safety briefs recently published:
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8 Domains of Geriatrics (three part series)
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Are you Violating EMTALA?
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Emergent Diagnosis of High Risk Chest Pain (two part series)
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Patient Flow (or How to Unclog your ED)
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Sepsis in the ED; Recognition and Treatment
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Syncope Part 1 and 2
Access to EPIX’s library of emergency medicine resources and guidelines. EPIX is continuously developing emergency and urgent care best practice guidelines and resources to share with all insured providers.
Clinical Chart Audits. Online medical record audits of patients with high risk conditions improve the quality of your provider’s documentation and identify areas of improvement. EPIX's online ED chart audits meet ABEM recertification requirements for Practice Improvement.
Current EPIX online medical record audits for the ED:
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Chest Pain
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Abdominal Pain
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Psychiatric
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Care of Infant Younger than Two Years
Current EPIX online medical record audits for the UC:
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Abdominal Pain
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Care of Infant Younger than Two Years
“We are confident that as a member of EPIX, your physicians and advanced practice providers will deliver better care.”
Dr. Ed Boudreau, EPIX CEO