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Third Quarter 2012
  • What Is Ostensible/Apparent Agency and How Can You Avoid It?
  • Risk Management Resources
  • Smartphones and tablets in the workplace
Second Quarter 2012
  • Diagnostic Reflection and Diagnostic Error Case Analysis
  • System Responses to Reduce the Risk of Diagnostic Error
  • Diagnostic Reflection and Diagnostic Error
  • Human Factor Responses to Reduce the Risk of Diagnostic Error
  • Case Study
First Quarter 2012
  • Crucial Communication at Critical Points of Care
  • Case Study
    Treatment Decisions are a Non-Delegable Duty
  • Case Study
    Incomplete Handoffs Lead to Missed Opportunity
  • Risk Management Considerations for Communication Improvement
October 2011
  • Liability and the EHR
  • From the Literature
  • The iHealth Alliance and EHR Liability Risks
  • Comments and Recommendations from MMIC Insured Physicians
  • Case Study
    From MMIC Files: Claims Involving the EHR
  • Risk Management's Recommendations
  • References
September 2010
  • Case Study
    Consequences of Failing to Follow up on Ordered Tests
  • Risk Management Points
  • Potential Coverage Concerns Associated With Write-offs and Other Generous Acts of Goodwill
  • CMS ALERT
    Risk Management Write-Offs
  • Records Requests Seeking "Notarized" Records
April 2010
  • Case Study
    Lack of PSA Follow-up Leads to Litigation
  • Risk Management Note Regarding Follow-up Appointments
  • Risk Management Reminder
    Diagnostic Test and Referral Tracking
  • MMIC’s Annual Practice Manager Seminar Scheduled for June 29, 2010
  • Case Study
    Patient Compliance—Who is Responsible?
November 2009
  • Case Study
    Is Your Patient a Fall Risk?
  • Fall Prevention Risk Management Assesments
  • CDC Interim Guidance: Novel Influenza A (H1N1)
  • Important Licensing Issue for Maine Physicians
  • Case Study
    What Is Your Differential Diagnosis?
  • Risk Management Reminder
    Diagnostic Test Patient IDs: Use Two To Be Sure
January 2009
  • Medical Mutual's Pain Management Survey
  • MMA/BOLIM Chronic Pain Project
  • Case Study
    Medication Error - Propofol
  • Special Risk Management Note
  • Case Study
    Management of Chronic Pain
  • Risk Management Tip
    Pain — The Importance of Patient Assessment
  • Risk Management Tips
    Narcotics and Chronic Pain Control and the Drug-Seeking Patient
May 2008
  • Case Study
    Vicarious Liability for an Employee – A Strong, United Defense is Best
  • Knox Promoted to Assistant Vice President
  • Risk Management Tip
    Medical Record Documentation
  • Case Study
    Slipped Capital Epiphysis
  • Risk Management Tip
    Handwriting: How do you address illegibility?
  • Risk Management Tip
    OSHA Regulations
  • Risk Management Tip
    Medication Reconciliation
  • Risk Management Tip
    Office-Based Procedures
  • Medical Mutual Hospital Education Program
    The Changing Nature of Hospital Litigation: Managing Risk as Plaintiffs Focus on New Exposures and Targets
  • Practice Managers to Gain Practical Insight on The Practice of Risk Management
January 2008
  • Case Study
    Can Juries Put Aside Feelings of Sympathy?
  • Does Your Office Require CLIA Certification?
  • Risk Management Tip
    Students Requesting Learning Experiences
  • Risk Management Tip
    Complaints Received in the Office Practice
  • Case Study
    Treatment Options, the Need for Surgery and the Timing of Re-Exploration: Is This Case Defensible?
  • Risk Management Tip
    Clinical Services Provided by a Contract Service
  • Risk Management Tip
    Revised Informed Consent Practice Tip
November 2007
  • Electronic Medical Records: Avoiding the Pitfalls
  • Helpful Forms For Your Office Practice
  • Case Study
    Evaluating the Patient’s History and Presentation – Would You Have Made This Diagnosis?
  • Case Study
    Indirect Liability: Is The Law Keeping Pace with Medicine?
  • Risk Management Tip
    Complaints - Patients in Acute Healthcare Facilities
  • Risk Management Tip
    Workplace Violence
  • Risk Management Tip
    Sterilizers - Ensuring Patient and Staff Safety
  • Risk Management Tip
    Policy and Procedure Manuals for Office Practices
  • Risk Management Tip
    Bed Rails – Patient Safety Considerations
  • Risk Management Consultative Services
February 2007
  • Discharge of Hospitalized Patients on Anticoagulation Therapy
  • Risk Management and Office-Based Warfarin Management
  • Recent Telephone Inquiry
    Warfarin Patient Relocation - Fostering a Smooth Transition of Care
  • Case study
    Increasing Awareness of Conscious Sedation
  • Case study
    Coumadin Management: When Does "Trending" Require Action?
  • Practice Tips
    Developing Medication Protocols
  • Practice Tips
    Missed and Canceled Appointments
  • Practice Tips
    Informed Consent and the Sedated Patient