From deep dives into trending liability issues, to detailed case studies and risk management advice, MLMIC’s The Scope: Medical Edition (published quarterly) offers the latest health, legal, risk management, and insurance information.
Our Second Quarter 2025 issue contains several articles, including:
- Communicating With Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency
- Strategies for Patient Safety — Navigating the Risks and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Diagnosis
- Case Study: Traumatic Delivery, or Poorly Managed Gestational Diabetes?
View or download past issues of The Scope: Medical Edition
First Quarter 2024
Addressing drug shortages, info on the grieving families act, and a wrongful birth case study.
Fourth Quarter 2023
Liability risks during the healthcare staffing crisis, a checklist on documentation considerations, and a case study on diagnosis delay.
Third Quarter 2023
Artificial intelligence in healthcare, a checklist on computer use, and a new case study about proper care.
Second Quarter 2023
Safe medical care for the aging population, case study on ignored standing orders, and MLMIC claims.
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First Quarter 2023
Healthcare and firearms, emerging from COVID, and a case study on disastrous outcomes.
Fourth Quarter 2022
MSSNY & MLMIC, treating difficult patients (Part 11), and a case study about a patient with body dysmorphia.
Third Quarter 2022
Treating difficult patients
(Part 1), MLMIC risk management, and a case study with a noncompliant patient.
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Second Quarter 2022
Top allegations keeping anesthesiologists awake, social media hygiene, and excess professional liability insurance coverage.
First Quarter 2022
Medispa treatment liability issues. MLMIC underwriting, and Talk Studio: telephone triage by nurses.
Fourth Quarter 2021
Technology interoperability, a medication error case study, and customized protection for employed physicians.
Third Quarter 2021
Ransomware warning, a patient noncompliance case study, and an interview with MLMIC’s chief actuary.
Second Quarter 2021
Responding to social media, new electronic health information blocking requirements, and telehealth patient engagement.
First Quarter 2021
Prescribing psychotropic medications to elderly patients, utilizing telehealth, and a case study on failure to follow up.
Fourth Quarter 2020
Managing soclal media, a case study on medication management in psychiatric treatment, and telehealth strategies.
Third Quarter 2020
Telehealth and cybersecurity, updating consent forms for COVID-19, and a case study with late discovery of family history.
Second Quarter 2020
Transitioning medical practices post-COVID-19, Million Dollar Claims, and a case study on “anchoring.”