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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Patient Relationships
Advice and resources to help you protect and improve the physician-patient relationship.
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Sample patient dismissal letters
Sample letters for termination of the physician-patient relationship
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Treating minors in Texas: Answers to your questions
Physicians must balance parental rights, a minor’s autonomy, and the law.
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ADA requirements for physician offices
Best practices for providing reasonable accommodations for disabled patients
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Terminating the Patient-Physician Relationship (2nd edition)
Navigating appropriate notice, difficult patients, closing a practice, and more.
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Combating Physician Stress and Burnout
A recent Mayo Clinic survey found that more than half of U.S physicians are experiencing professional burnout. This presentation explains the differences between stress and burnout, while also offerin
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25 phrases to help you de-escalate angry patients
Read about practical ways to manage difficult patient interactions
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De-escalation techniques and resources
Learn how to de-escalate angry patients or diffuse a tense situation in the office.
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EMTALA: Requirements for on-call physicians
Though EMTALA requires hospitals to perform certain acts, the law also applies to physicians who are on-call for the emergency department.
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Legal considerations when treating college students via telemedicine
Whether to treat likely depends on the laws of the state where the student will be located when seeking care.
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Reporter Q4 2021
CME: De-escalation of an angry or disruptive patient; Lessons from the courthouse: High-risk informed consent issues; Case study: Failure to diagnose herniated disc
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What every physician needs to know about online reputation management
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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Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship, Part 1
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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Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship, Part 2
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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Addressing transgender health care disparities
This presentation brings awareness to transgender health care disparities and examines how practicing cultural competency can improve patient-physician relationships.
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Patient diversity and cultural competence
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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Tips for Handling Patient Complaints
Patient complaints are inevitable. And when a patient complaint is not effectively managed, unfavorable or harmful consequences can result—noncompliance, dissolving of the patient-physician relationsh
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6 tips to improve patient communication while using your EHR
View part three of a three-part video series on improving physician/patient interactions.
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You've been criticized online — Now what? Monitoring your online reputation
Actions that physicians can consider taking if they are attacked online with negative comments.
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Managing difficult patients
Tips for managing challenging patient relationships
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