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Sign Up for HCNN to Improve Patient Safety & Enhance Liability Protection

Sign Up for HCNN to Improve Patient Safety & Enhance Liability Protection
Patient safety and medical liability protection requires that you are well-informed about patient safety issues quickly. The Academy wants to ensure members know about an important, new free service – the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) – that will improve the speed and efficacy of members receiving these important alerts.

HCNN will deliver important product-related patient safety alerts, which are mandated by FDA, via a secure, dedicated online network. If a physician signs up for this service, it will replace the current paper alerts he or she currently receives via US mail. HCNN also offers the following benefits:

  1. The service is free to physicians. It is governed by a not-for-profit board and only used for patient safety notices (i.e., not for advertising or selling data).

  2. HCNN is faster and more efficient than current paper-based delivery of patient safety alerts. A delay in the delivery of alerts can increase physician liability.

  3. Physicians can designate office staff members to receive the same online alerts that are sent to physicians in order to facilitate patient follow-up where needed.

  4. Physicians can opt out at any time.

Note: Members who currently have a medical practice Web site through the Academy’s agreement with Medem will automatically be enrolled in HCNN.

To enroll in HCNN, go to www.hcnn.net register and enter your basic demographic information including your preferred e-mail address. This process should take one to two minutes.

Once enrolled, a physician will only receive the alerts related to his or her specialty.

The Academy supports HCNN because it is allows more rapid and focused delivery of FDA-mandated product recalls and warnings, which is good for physicians, their practices, and their patients. AAPM&R supports the numerous medical liability carriers, FDA, medical societies, and other organizations that have worked together to provide this service.

Click here to learn more about the HCNN.

 

 

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