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Legislative Update - SIDS and Sickle Cell
Among the many changes and updates affecting health care providers made during the 81st Texas Legislative Session, two of those specifically impacting obstetricians and family practice physicians who provide prenatal care and attend deliveries are highlighted below:
HB 1510, Effective September 1, 2009: Prenatal Education/Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Education. This bill requires information about SIDS to be included in the resource packet provided to parents or caretaker of an infant by a hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife, or midwife. The Department of State Health Services is required to update this pamphlet by January 1, 2010. The providers listed above are to begin providing the updated brochure by March 1, 2010. Brochures are available for download at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mch/Parents_of_newborn.shtm.
HB 1672, Effective May 27, 2009: Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Trait. This bill amends the Health and Safety Code to include sickle-cell trait in the newborn screening program and to develop a disclosure statement for the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a newborn child relating to the management and use of genetic material used in newborn screenings. This testing can be declined in a written statement by the parent, managing conservator, or guardian. The bill sets out requirements and procedures for the form, content, and distribution of the form. As of November 2009, no further information is available on the SDHS website regarding this bill. API will continue to monitor and make information available.
RM Reference Guide
The API Risk Management Institute now offers a complimentary Risk Management Reference Guide for the Physician Office. This manual contains information that is fundamental in providing a foundation for basic risk management principles in your medical practice.
Risk Management Reference Guide for the Physician Office 
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Anesthesiology Resources
- Airway Obstruction in the Obese Patient (PDF)
- Anesthesia Risk Reduction Strategies(PDF)
- Office Based Anesthesia Guidelines (PDF)
Cardiology Resources
- Amiodarone Checklist (PDF)
- Anticoagulation Services (PDF)
- Coumadin Checklist (PDF)
Consent
- Disclosure and Consent
(Word Document) - Divulgacion De Informacion Y Consentimiento (Word Document)
- General Consent for Treatment (sample form) (Word Document)
- Sample Consent Forms (Word Document)
- Texas Medical Disclosure Panel List A & List B (PDF)
- What is Informed Consent? (PDF)
General
- Authorization to Release Information (PDF)
- Closing a Medical Practice (Word Document)
- Communication and Restrictions of Private Health Information (PDF)
- Guidelines on Terminating the Doctor/Patient Relationship (PDF)
- Sample Termination Letter (Word Document)
- Introducing New Procedures in the Office (PDF)
- Is Your Office on the Right Track? (PDF)
- Is Your Practice Ready for RAC? (PDF)
- Let's Talk Trash - Medical Debris Left Behind (PDF)
- Managing Telephone Liability Risk (PDF)
- Medical Record Retention (Word Document)
- Notice Concerning Complaints - For Texas Physicians (PDF)
- Office Based Anesthesia Guidelines (PDF)
- Patient Satisfaction Survey Sample 1 (Word Document)
- Patient Satisfaction Survey Sample 2 (Word Document)
- Patient Satisfaction Survey Sample 3 (Word Document)
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and Donation (Word Document)
- Cord Blood Information (PDF)
- HPV Information (PDF)
- PPD and Shaken Baby (PDF)
- Information for Parents of Newborns - English (PDF)
- Information for Parents of Newborns - Spanish (PDF)
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