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The Importance of Properly Documenting Patient Interactions
“High quality” documentation – including physician notes that are timely, precise and complete – can promote patient safety and may limit liability exposure.
Risk Management Tip: Documentation Considerations for EHR Open Notes
Considering increased patient access to their own health information, the following strategies can help physicians promote patient understanding of and engagement with their EHR.
HANYS Webinar: Current Medical Professional Liability Trends and Anticipated Changes
This March 9 webinar, presented by HANYS, will discuss current trends in medical professional liability.
Risk Management Checklists for Dentists: Patient Safety
MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on patient safety, including guidance on managing equipment for patient care and safely caring for patients of size in the office practice.
A lecture sponsored by MLMIC will help anesthesiologists identify and mitigate risks associated with malpractice claims.
Risk Management Checklists for Dentists: Opioid Management
MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on opioid management, including guidance on managing patients with chronic pain and managing drug-seeking patients.
Risk Management Checklists for Dentists: Office Policies
MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on office policies, including guidance on maintaining patient confidentiality, tracking test results, following up on missed or cancelled appointments and handling patient complaints.
Risk Management Checklists for Dentists: Medication Management
MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on medication management, specifically, handling prescription medication to maximize patient safety. Be sure to view or download the checklist for use in your dental practice.
Risk Management Checklists for Dentists: Dentist-Patient Relationships
MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on dentist-patient relationships, including guidance on properly discontinuing the dentist-patient relationship, treating patients with whom you have a close relationship, managing patient noncompliance and managing negative online reviews.
Q&A: Can Providers Refuse to Treat Patients Who Are Unvaccinated Against COVID-19?
What are providers’ options when patients refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine? The law firm of Fager Amsler Keller & Schoppmann, LLC, informs providers about what they can, should and should not do in the face of such a situation.