Medical Malpractice Insurance News

The Fall 2019 issue of Dateline is now available online. It includes a case study on risks of EHR changes/updates, a risk management tip on use of scribes and more.

The Spring 2019 edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – includes many resources, including information about physician liability for the actions of others, the consequences of improper delegation and management of negative online reviews.

The Fall 2018 edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – includes a risk/benefit analysis of EHR data storage options and a case study on poor documentation and communication.

The Spring 2018 edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – includes resources on topics like EHR metadata, noncompliant patients, medical marijuana and hand-off communication.

The Fall 2017 issue of Dateline provides a number of resources, including recommendations on proper use of patient portals and cautions related to responding to unflattering online reviews.

The Spring 2017 issue of Dateline is now available online. It provides a number of resources, including notes on the trend in summary judgments and recommendations for avoiding patient identification errors.

If a provider is sued for medical malpractice, an improper alteration of the patient’s medical record may very well destroy his or her ability to defend the case. This is true even if the medical care in question was entirely appropriate.

The latest edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – is available for reading on our website.

The latest edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – is available for reading on our website.

In this special issue of Dateline, we review physicians’ medical, ethical and legal obligations to honor individual patient preferences at the end of life.