Terminating patient relationships: How to dismiss without abandoning
While both the physician and patient have the right to terminate the relationship, the requirements for ending the relationship are more complicated for physicians.
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While both the physician and patient have the right to terminate the relationship, the requirements for ending the relationship are more complicated for physicians.
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Sample letters for termination of the physician-patient relationship
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Recommendations to help minimize the risk of lawsuits related to patient refusals.
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Physicians must balance parental rights, a minor’s autonomy, and the law.
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CONTACTBest practices for providing reasonable accommodations for disabled patients
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An “Advance directive” is a legal document designed to help patients communicate their wishes about medical treatment if they become unable to make their wishes known because of illness or injury.
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Navigating appropriate notice, difficult patients, closing a practice, and more.
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Two of TMLT’s risk management experts discuss how to dismiss a patient safely and effectively, including typical scenarios that can make the process more difficult.
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Read about practical ways to manage difficult patient interactions
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Learn how to de-escalate angry patients or diffuse a tense situation in the office.
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Tips for managing challenging patient relationships
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Retiring, closing, or leaving a practice? You can now notify patients electronically and on your website.
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As the diversity of our population increase, more physicians are coming into contact with patients from various cultural backgrounds who often hold different values, beliefs and standards.
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This presentation brings awareness to transgender health care disparities and examines how practicing cultural competency can improve patient-physician relationships.
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Strong complaint management is a core component for success worth cultivating and honing.
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Have you ever taken the time to Google yourself or your practice? What did you find? Was the information accurate? Did you find a “review” of your practice among the results? What would a patient conc
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Dallas dental practice fined $10,000 after publishing PHI in response to a patient review on Yelp
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When dealing with difficult patients, physicians are sometimes left with no other viable alternative than to terminate the physician-patient relationship. Coming to that conclusion is not easy and may
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When dealing with difficult patients, physicians are sometimes left with no other viable alternative than to terminate the physician-patient relationship. Coming to that conclusion is not easy and may
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Health care professionals are not immune to the lure of social media or the ubiquity of Google.
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