Personal Injury 204

Course overview

Hour 1 - Personal Injury Diagnostic Imaging and Testing: Part 1 Recognize the importance diagnostic imaging and testing in Personal Injury and trauma. Summarize several of the common diagnostic imaging and testing available. Justify medical necessity and clinical rationale for imaging/testing in the treatment records. Determine both a protocol and clinical necessity for plain film radiographs. Hour 2 - Personal Injury Diagnostic Imaging and Testing: Part 2 Determine a protocol and clinical indications for MRI and MRA. Determine a protocol and clinical indications for DTI and other brain imaging. Recognize opportunities to order other common imaging and testing procedures. Create a protocol to order and follow-up on all imaging and testing procedures. Hour 3 - Personal Injury Documentation and Record Keeping: Part 1 Recognize several significant differences within Personal Injury documentation. Identify common PI documentation and record keeping mistakes and liabilities. Begin to develop an awareness of the four unique PI documentation encounters. Create a protocol to design individualized non-redundant treatment notes. Hour 4 - Personal Injury Documentation and Record Keeping: Part 2 Recognize the key elements of PI daily treatment notes documentation. Show improvement in each of the 4 daily treatment notes components . Detect areas of vulnerability in the various types of documentation systems. Substantiate treatment and management with PI documentation.