Douglas W. Bowerman, MD, FACP, SFHM, FAIHQ, CHCQM, is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a focused practice in
Hospital Medicine. In his capacity as a
Hospitalist, he provides full-time clinical care to hospitalized patients.
Certifications and Associations - Dr. Bowerman is also Certified in Health Care Quality & Management and Fundamentals of Critical Care. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of American Institute of Healthcare Quality, and a Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine.
Litigation Support - In addition to providing care for hospitalized patients, Dr. Bowerman operates a private consulting business that evaluates potential
Medical Malpractice cases involving the clinical care provided by Hospitalists. Based on assessment of the case, he advises counsel on its merits, and when needed, writes formal reports, gives deposition testimony, and provides expert testimony in court. Dr. Bowerman supports both plaintiff and defense cases. In the ten years he has offered litigation support services, he has reviewed over 400 cases, given 8 depositions, and testified in court 5 times.
Areas of Expertise:
- Hospital Medicine
- Hospitalist
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Malpractice
| Medical Record ReviewMedical-Legal IssuesQuality AssuranceHospital / Medical Standard of Care |
Presentations and Publications - Dr. Bowerman has authored several publications and delivered numerous presentations on such topics as Assigning Duty to Hospitalists, Eradicating Errors and Restoring Credibility, the Determination of Brain Death, and Hospitalists as Respected Attending Physicians.
By: Dr. Douglas Bowerman
The reputation of today's EMR, tainted by copy-and-paste-related errors, has decayed to the point that the daily progress note-once regarded as the "go to" part of the medical record to find a concise and reliable summary of the patient's current status-is now often ignored. This lost reliability may lead to patient harm, loss of trust between physician colleagues and nurses, inappropriate billing, and increased utilization of resources. It also forces hospitalists to invest time to verify information in more reliable parts of the EMR. Consider the following scenarios:
