Brendan studied Physiotherapy at Otago University graduating in 2000. He has since worked in Wellington in a number of various physiotherapy roles including private practice and hospital. He completed his master of science from Otago in Anatomy and Structural Biology - Thesis Titled Morphology and Biomechanics of the Piriformis Muscle. He joined ACC as a Clinical Advisor in the Treatment Injury Centre in early 2011 and in January 2014 became the Centres Technical Claims Manager.
| Iatrogenic Injuries – ACC’s General Practice Perspective
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| Friday, 15 August 2014 | Start 7:00am | Duration: 60mins | Plenary |
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In 2005, the Accident Compensation Act changed from Medical
Misadventure to Treatment Injury in order to shift from a focus on
medical error to one of the client and their needs. ACC receives
approximately 10,000 claims for treatment injury per year of which
over 60% are accepted for cover. Whilst the primary focus of the
Treatment Injury Centre is determining cover for treatment injury
claims, an ancillary role is to report any reasonable belief of risk
of harm that becomes apparent in the course of claim assessment.
Usually this involves reporting the facility to the Director General
of Health but when peer review has been critical of the standard of
treatment, the individual may be reported to their registration
authority. This presentation will include a number of interesting case
studies which will assist the audience to understand treatment injury
and provide ‘food for thought’ that may be applied to clinical
practice.
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