"Medical error" is a significant national issue. The malpractice crisis has put medical practice in jeopardy. TSG now offers a proven system to reduce errors and the incidence of malpractice litigation. Borrowing time-tested systems for error reduction from the aviation and other risk sensitive industries, TSG has created ‘Risk and Safety’ initiatives in several areas of medical practice.

The Sullivan Group has created a system of risk and medical error reduction that has resulted in dramatic reductions in the number of malpractice cases for physicians and major medical organizations. One medical organization recently removed over $30,000,000 in reserves due to the reduction in emergency medicine malpractice claims over the last three years. A Midwest emergency medical staffing organization with over one million annual visits has dropped its medical malpractice claims by over 50% over a three-year period. Patient safety and medical error reduction are critical issues in today’s practice environment. The Sullivan Group is leading the way in this important endeavor.

The Sullivan Group has created a proven system to reduce medical risk and promote safety: web-based standardized risk and safety education, intelligent medical record tools for physicians and nurses, and a web-based clinical & system performance audit. The airline industry utilizes this approach to create safe air travel. The Sullivan Group utilizes this approach to change clinical behavior, reduce errors, and save lives. The system is built on evidence-based medicine, recognized best practices, and our proprietary medical error and adverse outcome database.

Over 600 clients have used TSG’s integrated system to realize measurable improvements in performance. The system solution enhances practitioner performance, improves patient safety, reduces medical errors, and helps practitioners create defensible medical records.

HCA is among TSG’s clients, and the VP of Risk and Insurance, James Hinton, credits TSG’s risk management services to HCA’s 38% reduction in emergency department related claims from 2001 to 2004. This reduction has translated into a significant increase in HCA’s bottom line over the last few years. That trend continues through 2005. Read a description of the HCA program as published in Business Insurance in April of 2005.

Implementing TSG’s EM Risk Initiative in your ED can be less expensive over time than the cost of your department’s current medical record tool, and may quality your organization for insurance credits. Lower premiums combined with a reduction in practitioner error and the related costs not only benefit your organization and its practitioners, but patients as well.

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Insurance companies are currently utilizing TSG’s web-based education and performance evaluation tools to provide emergency and primary care physicians with premium credit. Our risk and safety educational offerings are unique and cutting edge. There is nothing similar in the physician insurance marketplace. Practitioners regularly contact us with testimonials and stories about our program’s direct assistance in saving lives. We invite you to evaluate our site at your convenience. Simply request an evaluation of our web-based risk and safety curriculum at info@thesullivangroup.com.

TSG founder, Dr. Daniel Sullivan, MD, JD, FACEP, is a board-certified emergency physician with more than 25 years’ emergency medical experience. Dr. Sullivan’s education and experience as both a physician and attorney has made him an expert in patient safety and risk management. In his ongoing quest to improve healthcare and limit malpractice litigation, Dr. Sullivan assembled an outstanding team of medical, risk reduction and IT professionals dedicated to perfecting a system solution that reduces medical error and improves patient safety. The EM Risk Initiative is the product of many years of planning, research and testing, and is currently proving its effectiveness in more than 450 EDs nationwide.