Risk and Safety Web-Based Education

The Sullivan Group offers unparalleled web-based risk and safety education for physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals that provides a higher and more consistent standard of ED and primary patient care.

Our extensive library of courses gives appropriate weight to emergency medicine, and to the ever-evolving role of risk management in the advancement of quality patient care and the legal and ethical integrity of EM and Primary Care Medicine departments and practitioners.

TSG’s classes are enjoyable, interactive, and accredited through the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association.

The more than 50 classes offered by The Sullivan Group have withstood the test of clinical application and enjoyed an overwhelming 98.2% positive evaluation rate from practitioners. Our series of interesting, interactive courses are designed to help improve care, eliminate medical error, reduce risk and provide a solid understanding of important medical regulations and programs.

The Medical Error & Risk Reduction Series

This important schedule of classes attends to the most frequent 'failure to diagnose' emergency medical situations and causes.  This series addresses the conditions comprising approximately 80% of the medical errors committed by emergency physicians or departments, and their related malpractice litigation.  This library provides indispensable support to any ED and Primary Care Medicine department.

The Medical Malpractice Case Review Series

This group of classes presents actual medical malpractice cases followed by case overviews and practical recommendations for eliminating or reducing adverse outcomes.  It grants relevant, risk-preventive information no ED or Primary Care department should be without.

Medical / Legal Education and Guidance

Today more than ever it is critical that on-call EM and Primary Care physicians, as well as administrators and staff in emergency departments, urgent care facilities and labor and delivery rooms, understand EMTALA and HIPAA.  Keeping apprised of current standards and regulations is vital to preventing departmental violations and related liability, fines and possible loss of Medicare or Medicaid qualification.

Many EMTALA and HIPAA regulations and CMS interpretive guidelines change so frequently that texts are often out-of-date before they are published. TSG’s Medical / Legal education takes advantage of the online medium by remaining constantly updated so guidance is always current, always relevant.

EMTALA: TSG President, Dr. Dan Sullivan, is a leading national authority on EMTALA, with numerous educational publications and contributions on the subject. TSG’s EMTALA courses include a basic overview specifically composed for on-call ED physicians and nurses, to an in-depth study and interpretation designated for department administrators.  Several of the nation's largest health care organizations look to TSG for web-based EMTALA education.

HIPAA: This course deftly defines HIPAA rules, regulations and administrative simplification provisions, and presents proper compliance using frequently encountered medical situations. The course stresses the requirements of HIPAA’s often-misunderstood Privacy Rule to help healthcare practitioners prevent personal or departmental infractions that can incite civil and criminal penalties and the loss of Medicare and Medicaid eligibility.


The Benefits of Web-based Education

TSG’s roster of courses allows healthcare providers to garner CME and CE credits in an environment that accommodates individual goals and timeframes, with 24/7 access from any web-enabled location across the world.  Because the courses take advantage of the flexibility of online delivery, they can be regularly updated to remain current with the latest medical discoveries and methodologies.

TSG’s fully-accredited course library grants practitioners an up-to-the-minute understanding of ED standards, practices, regulations and advances.  There is no standard classroom environment that can compare to TSG’s web-based system for superior healthcare, fulfillment of important program certification requirements, risk reduction, and eligibility for specific fiduciary discounts and programs.