The Lone Star Alliance newsletter features articles on trends in medical liability, ways to reduce risk in the medical office, industry news, and closed claim studies.
Most Recent Flipbooks

CME: Adult preventative care during COVID-19; Remote patient monitoring; Failure to communicate and to properly administer warfarin; Retained foreign body and alteration of medical record

2-hour CME: Infectious disease: A review of closed claim studies and liability issues; MPL Association Data Sharing Project: Sepsis-related claims; Risk management services

Resources for staff/physician exposure to COVID-19; (CME) Sexual harassment and misconduct in health care: A practical guide for physicians; 2019 risk management trends analysis; closed claim studies

COVID-19: Guidelines for re-opening your medical practice; CME: Medication and prescribing safety; Failure to diagnose and treat infection in a timely manner; Failure to respond to test results

CME: Risks associated with medical spas; Failure to follow up and timely diagnose ectopic pregnancy; Delay in obtaining MRI

Closed claims: Documentation errors (2-hour CME); TMLT 2019 scholarship: Winning essay

Managing a practice: How to navigate hiring, paying, and terminating employees (2-hour CME); Claims by Specialty: MPL Association's 2006-2015 national closed claim data; TMLT 2018 scholarship

Tracking patient follow up and diagnostic test results; 2018 Risk Management trends analysis; Failure to manage risk of shoulder dystocia; Failure to follow up on syncope

CME - From difficult to dangerous: How to handle disruptive patients; How to address ethical misconduct by a colleague or staff member; Improper performance of breast biopsy; Improper prescribing

Evaluating and treating the suicidal patient (CME); Dr. Melinda Lopez: On the front lines with human trafficking; Failure to evaluate & treat depression; Failure to diagnose coronary heart disease

CME-Human trafficking: Raising awareness & identifying trafficked persons in health care settings; Communicating with millennial patients; Failure to monitor thiamine levels; Failure to obtain consent

Risk management trends analysis; CME: Preparing for office-based medical emergencies; How to prepare for a cyber breach; Failure to properly treat myocardial infarction; Failure to supervise APP