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Which Physician Specialties are at the Highest Risk for Malpractice Claims?

Leave a Comment / Insurance Issues, Insurance News, Risk Managment, Specialties / By John Torosian

In 2017, JAMA Network published their findings on the physician specialties who paid the most in malpractice claims from 1992 to 2014. Their analysis was based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank and includes almost 20 million physician-years of data, characterized by physician specialty, with all dollar amounts being adjusted to 2014 dollars. …

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What is Informed Consent?

Leave a Comment / Insurance News, Patient Safety, Risk Managment / By John Torosian

Most medical procedures involve a degree of risk for patients, for that reason it is important that doctors inform patients about the risks and potential side effects that can arise from a medical procedure. Informed consent in medicine is the process by which a physician fully explains a medical treatment or procedure to a …

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Common Medical Malpractice Terms and What They Mean

Leave a Comment / Insurance Products, Risk Managment / By John Torosian

Medical malpractice insurance can be confusing. There are many commonly used terms and phrases used in malpractice insurance that most people are unfamiliar with. If you have found yourself wondering what your medical malpractice insurance broker is talking about or just want to learn a little more about what goes in to a policy, hopefully …

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What is Telemedicine?

Leave a Comment / Insurance News, Risk Managment / By John Torosian

Introduction to Telemedicine Telemedicine is the use of electronic communication, such as video calls, digital photography, instant messaging, telephone and email, to provide clinical services to patients, without an in-person patient visit. Some of the most common uses for telemedicine are follow-ups, medication management and remote specialist consultations. Telemedicine can be much more convenient …

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Could you benefit from a Nap?

Leave a Comment / Risk Managment / By John Torosian

Yes, you read that right! Could you as a medical professional benefit from a nap? In short, yes. A nap can have a dramatic effect on increased Learning, Memory, Awareness, and more. With the long hours how will you fit it into your schedule? If taking a siesta, or shutting down your practice in order to reboot sounds entirely …

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Medical Board Investigations

Leave a Comment / Insurance Issues, Insurance News, Risk Managment / By Gisela Plazas

From Anesthesiology to Urology, there are medical boards for just about every specialty available here in the United States, and they often do a great deal of good for the industry, including lobbying for positive legislative reforms, and providing conferences to display new breakthroughs.

Why It’s Important for Healthcare Providers to Manage Their Online Presence

Leave a Comment / Risk Managment / By Gisela Plazas

Social media continues to evolve and its influence can have both positive and negative effects for physicians and other healthcare providers. Just a few years ago many of our clients had no social media presence, and most did not maintain a website. Things are changing, it is vitally important for physicians to understand how to …

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Five Things Every Healthcare Provider Must Know

Leave a Comment / Risk Managment / By Gisela Plazas

Medical malpractice insurance is as necessary to a physician or healthcare provider as a stethoscope. The insurance protects the healthcare provider from having to bear the full costs of a legal defense and settlement in a malpractice lawsuit. Like other insurance policies, there are many options, complex clauses, and liability limits when it comes to …

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Reducing Diagnostic Errors is Critical for Physicians

Leave a Comment / Insurance News, Patient Safety, Risk Managment / By Gisela Plazas

Missed or delayed diagnosis is the number one reason for malpractice lawsuits against physicans according to data from The Doctors Company. The following risk management tips, based on the most in-demand articles on the company’s website in 2013, all suggest ways physicians can reduce the chance of diagnostic error: Be certain that there is a …

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Medical Liability Insurance: 5 Costly Mistakes You Should Avoid

Leave a Comment / Insurance Issues, Insurance News, Insurance Products, Risk Managment / By Melissa Curtis

1. Know Your Carrier In order to succeed with medical liability insurance, an insurance carrier must have solid financial stability and expert claims handling. Be confident your insurance carrier will have the resources to respond in the event that a claim should ever arise. Purchase coverage from a well capitalized, financially sound institution. Insurance rating …

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Which Physician Specialties are at the Highest Risk for Malpractice Claims?

Common Medical Malpractice Terms and What They Mean

What is Telemedicine?

Could you benefit from a Nap?

Medical Board Investigations

Why It’s Important for Healthcare Providers to Manage Their Online Presence

Five Things Every Healthcare Provider Must Know

Reducing Diagnostic Errors is Critical for Physicians

Medical Liability Insurance: 5 Costly Mistakes You Should Avoid

Malpractice Insurance Products

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