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Malpractice Risk Review Series: Specialty-Specific Insights
Each month in 2026, The Doctors Company Malpractice Risk Reviews will focus on a different medical specialty, providing targeted insights from malpractice claims to support patient safety and risk management efforts.

April 20, 2023, KevinMD
Childhood Obesity in the U.S.: A Growing Health Crisis Affecting Millions and Demanding Action from Pediatric Health Care Practitioners
This article by Patti L. Ellis, RN, CPHRM, Patient Safety Risk Manager II, The Doctors Company, discusses important lessons learned and practice improvement strategies surrounding childhood obesity for pediatric health care practitioners.

Florida Medical Malpractice Insurance
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Risk Management and Education
The Doctors Company offers a wealth of expert patient safety/risk management resources across a wide range of specialties and topics to help healthcare professionals and practices reduce risk and improve patient care. Explore our award-winning articles, videos, closed claims studies, education courses, and more.

Sep 05, 2025
Responding to Regulatory Shifts: Executive Orders and Uncertainty
A wave of presidential executive orders has upended established practices, introduced legal ambiguity, and created operational challenges for healthcare practitioners.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

2025 Legislative Update
A summary of a selection of the 2025 public policy proposals on our priority advocacy list and key amicus curiae activity.

Should You Offer Your Services as a Paid Clinical Expert?
Consider these key questions before deciding to accept the role of paid expert witness. Functioning as an expert witness is not a role to be entered into lightly.

Mar 06, 2026
Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Modern Approach to Managing Perioperative Aspiration Risk
Anahi Perlas, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
Gastric point-of-care ultrasound allows clinicians to visualize the stomach’s antrum in real time in order to preoperatively assess gastric content and pulmonary aspiration risk.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

Inflation Added $4 Billion to Medical Malpractice Losses
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, part of TDC Group, today released new research indicating that inflation—both economic and social—has added an estimated $4 billion in insured losses and expenses to the medical malpractice insurance market over the past decade.