EPIC Announces: Physicians Management Group Wins Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Award.AUBURN Auburn (ô`bərn). 1 City (1990 pop. 33,830), Lee co., E Ala.; inc. 1839. The city's economy centers around Auburn Univ.; there is some manufacturing. 2 City (1990 pop. 24,309), seat of Androscoggin co. , Calif. -- Today, at the American College of Emergency Physicians The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the largest organization of emergency physicians in the United States. It was founded in 1968 and is now headquartered in Dallas,Texas. 2005 Scientific Assembly in Washington, DC, the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF) presented the 2005 Annual Stuart Fleming, MD, Patient Safety Award to Physicians Management Group, Inc., of Springboro, Ohio Springboro is a city in Warren and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is in Warren County's Clearcreek and Franklin Townships and Montgomery County's Miami Township. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 12,380, up from 6,574 in 1990 and 8,000 in 1980. . Physicians Management Group also received $10,000 from their insurer, the Emergency Physicians Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (EPIC) as part of the Award. The Annual Stuart Fleming, MD, Patient Safety Award was created to acknowledge and reward the EMPSF-member emergency medicine group that has best demonstrated a commitment and dedication to improving patient safety in their emergency department. Physicians Management Group, Inc., is an EPIC policyholder-owner and a member of EMPSF, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. research and educational foundation dedicated to improving patient safety in the practice of emergency medicine. EPIC and EMPSF work together to develop and administer pre-underwriting on-site risk assessments of emergency departments and customized patient safety and risk management programs for EPIC insureds. EPIC policyholders are required to join EMPSF as part of their commitment to patient safety. Physicians Management Group's award-winning patient safety improvements were accomplished through collaboration and compliance with their individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. EPIC Risk Management/Patient Safety Program. Stuart Fleming, MD, became a founding member of the Board of Governors of EPIC in August 2003. Dr. Fleming was a pioneer in the field of patient safety and was dedicated to carrying out the vision of patient safety in emergency medicine shared by EPIC and the Foundation. Dr. Fleming practiced emergency medicine for nearly 25 years and was on staff at Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada, mountain range, Spain Sierra Nevada (syā`rä nāvä`thä), chief mountain range of S Spain, in Granada prov., running from east to west for c.60 mi (100 km), parallel to the Mediterranean Sea. Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, California Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 10,922 at the 2000 census. Geography Grass Valley is located at (39.219215, -121.058414)GR1. , from 1980 until he passed away in July 2004. Dr. Fleming was an inspiring example of how one individual's commitment to patient safety in their own emergency medicine department can positively impact the lives of so many. The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation created the Stuart Fleming, MD, Patient Safety Award in his memory. |
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