This presentation illustrates how action or inaction on the part of the physician led to allegations of professional liability, and how risk management techniques may have either prevented the outcome or increased the physician's defensibility. The case has been modified to protect the privacy of the physician and the patient.
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Informed consent waivers for COVID-19
TMLT’s Risk Management Department offers recommendations for adopting COVID-19 considerations in your informed consent process.
COVID-19 Re-opening Your Practice
A presentation outlining risk management recommendations for physicians as they continue to practice during COVID-19. Topics include encouraging social distancing and screening patients.
Risk management recommendations for re-opening your practice
Updated May 11 — Issues include encouraging social distancing and screening patients for symptoms.
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
Reporter Quarter 2 2018
Risk management trends analysis; Preparing for office based medical emergencies (CME); How to prepare for a cyber breach; Failure to treat myocardial infarction; Failure to supervise APP
Reporter 2000 Pediatrics
Closed claim study; Pediatric closed claim trends and risk management issues
Reporter 2000 Internal Medicine
Closed claim study; Internal medicine closed claim trends and risk management issues
Reporter 2003 Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine issues relevant to risk management; PIAA release
Reporter 2000 Anesthesiology
Failure to monitor, failure to obtain adequate informed consent and failure to be accessible Anesthesiology claim statistics and risk management issues
The Reporter Quarter 2 2017
Navigating end-of-life communications (CME); 2016 Risk management trends; Failure to monitor patient; Failure to schedule follow-up appointment; Charging your patients for medical record copies
The Reporter Quarter 2 2016
2015 risk management trends; Treating and accommodating patients under the Americans with Disabilities Act, part one (CME); Failure to diagnose breast cancer; Failure to use correct surgical hardware
The Reporter Volume 4 2015
TMLT launches Lone Star Alliance to cover out-of-state physicians; Following TMB guidelines for pain management; Risk management: outcomes and trends; Unnecessary surgery; Failure to follow up
The Reporter January-February 2010
Integrating patient email into your practice; Risk management for diagnostic radiology and anatomic pathology (CME); Failure to diagnose breast cancer; Failure to appropriately monitor
The Reporter July-August 2009
Update: 2009 legislative session; Practice set up and liability; Risk management for office-based procedures (CME); Failure to monitor patient's condition; Patient injury during colposcopy
The Reporter March-April 2007
EMR risk management; Breast implant surgery; FDA recalls; Dissolute documentation? TMB rewrites rules for medical records (expired CME); TMB process; Failure to timely evaluate; Delay in reporting
The Reporter July-August 2002
Professional liability and the management of hyponatremia; Failure to monitor/properly treat: Hyponatremia; Hormone replacement therapy, Risk management hot topics
The Reporter March-April 2001
Risk management in action; Failure to diagnose: breast cancer; Failure to diagnose prostate cancer; ADA accommodations for the physician's office practice
The Reporter November-December 2000
Patient satisfaction: A measure of risk management success; The management of medication samples; Failure to perform a physical assessment
The Reporter September-October 2000
Working with physician assistants and advance practice nurses; Update on TMLT's continuing medical education policy; Risk management hot topics; Insurance for non-physician practitioners
The Reporter July-August 2000
Establishing the physician-patient relationship; Office protocols help physician prevail; Risk management hot topics