Resources
Welcome to Risk Management Resources!
The best way to protect yourself from a claim is to prevent it from happening in the first place. A proactive risk management program in your practice can help you improve the quality of patient care and minimize your potential liability exposure as a health care provider.
To assist you in creating such a program, MEDICAL MUTUAL offers a variety of web-based risk management tools. Select an area of interest from the topics listed below. Additional areas are being developed and will be added.
Health Information Privacy
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Information from the HHS on HIPAA rules and regulations.
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One in 4 Clinicians Want to Leave Healthcare, Citing Burnout. Here's What Providers Can Do to Stem the Tide
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This article discussed ways providers can help prevent burnout.
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Sample Confidentiality Agreement
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In some instances, patients’ are given protected health information when they leave the practice. A ...
Sample Social Media Policy
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Navigating the social media landscape can be difficult for practice manager’s and their staff. This ...
HHS 405(d) Aligning Health Care Industry Security Approaches
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The 405(d) Program and Task Group is a collaborative effort between industry and the federal ...
Risk Management Two Minute Drill - "I'm Sorry"
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This "quick tip" video will discuss ways you can tell a patient "I'm Sorry" after an adverse event.
Risk Management Two Minute Drill - "Informed Consent"
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This "quick tip" video will discuss how good informed consent will help prevent claims.
Risk Management Two Minute Drill - "Open Notes"
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This "quick tip" video will help you navigate the Open Notes portion of the 21st Century Cures Act.
Risk Management Two Minute Drill - "Communication"
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This "quick tip" video will discuss how good communication with patients can help prevent claims, ...
Risk Management Two Minute Drill - "Documentation"
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This "quick tip" video will discuss how documentation can have a positive or a negative effect on ...
Intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine: tort liability in the technological age
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This article is an analysis of the medico-legal and bioethical risks posed by the incorporation of ...
Temper Tantrums, Bullying Colleagues: How to avert physician behavior?
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This article discusses ways to avert disruptive behavior in medical settings.
Medscape Malpractice Report
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This slideshow will discuss common malpractice risk issues seen in 2021.
8 Simple Communication Tips for Doctors
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This article discusses common communication tips that physicians can incorporate into their ...
Malpractice may be negative, but its data can generate positive results
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This commentary discusses how malpractice data can "help" physicians and generate positive results.
What Will It Take to Cure EHR Note Bloat?
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In this commentary by an OB/GYN discusses EHR bloat and how to cure it.
Enhanced Recovery for Geriatric Hip Fracture
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Perioperative protocol is changing pace and practices in hip fracture treatment.
A new index for obstetrics safety and quality of care: integrating cesarean delivery rates with maternal and neonatal outcomes
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Cesarean delivery rates have been used as obstetrical quality indicators. However, these approaches ...
Medscape OB/GYN 2021 Malpractice Report
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This Medscape article reports on the effects of medical malpractice on OB/GYNs
Risk Management for OB/GYNs
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This article discusses common risk reductions techniques that OB/GYNs can incorporate into their ...
Prescribing Opioids for Pain — The New CDC Clinical Practice Guideline
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The CDC recently enacted new guidelines regarding the prescribing of opioids, this article offers ...
