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
Lone Star Reporter Q3 2021
2-hour CME: Supervising advanced practice providers: Definitions, agreements, and delegation; Closed claim: Incorrect dose of warfarin; Closed claim: Failure to diagnose and treat an epidural abscess
Lone Star Reporter Q2 2021
CME: Vaccines: A practical guide for physicians; Introducing Corvus: Your new cyber security coverage; Failure to diagnose and treat Wernicke's encephalopathy; Improper performance and de-escalation
Lone Star Reporter Q1 2021
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
Lone Star Reporter Q4 2020
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
Lone Star Reporter Q3 2020
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
Lone Star Reporter Q2 2020
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
Lone Star Reporter Q1 2020
CME: Risks associated with medical spas; Failure to follow up and timely diagnose ectopic pregnancy; Delay in obtaining MRI
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 4 2019
Closed claims: Documentation errors (2-hour CME); TMLT 2019 scholarship: Winning essay
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 4 2018
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
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 2 2019
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
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 1 2019
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
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 3 2018
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
Lone Star Reporter Quarter 2 2018
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
