Mar 20, 2019
Study of Malpractice Claims Involving Children
The Doctors Company analyzed 1,215 claims filed on behalf of pediatric patients that closed from 2008 through 2017. The study is based on the claims filed against physicians in 52 specialties and subspecialties and includes an overview of the most common types of claims, expert insights into the specific elements that led to patient injury, and risk mitigation strategies.
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Professional Education
Module 5: Eliminating Stigma Through Clinical Understanding of Substance Use Disorder (Innovations for Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing)
You will explore how having a working awareness of neurobiology, psychology, and heritability of addiction positively impacts holistic treatment of opioid misuse. This module will examine how the etiology of stigma and how internalized biases impact the care of patients who misuse opioids. Lastly, this program will provide resources on how to connect to treatment for substance use disorder. This module consists of five audio-filled videos. To successfully complete this course, you need to achieve a passing score of 80 percent in the post-test questions.
Professional Education
Prevention of Medical Errors 2024 to 2026 (Florida)
Few medical errors are attributed to faulty medical judgment. More commonly, they are attributed to system failures inherent in healthcare delivery. By drawing on our professional liability closed claims data, we have identified common performance and diagnostic errors. We analyzed loss prevention measures in tandem with the elements necessary to conduct a credible and thorough root cause analysis to reduce system failures, respond to sentinel events, prevent medical errors, and improve patient safety. The purpose of this program is to provide clinicians with the most current information regarding the prevention of common performance and diagnostic errors. This course includes content specifically for Florida licensed practitioners.
May 02, 2022, New York Daily News
What We Owe Long COVID Patients
In this co-authored opinion piece, Peter Kolbert, JD, Senior Vice President of Claim and Litigation Services for Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, and Dr. Zijian Chen, Medical Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Post-COVID Care, discuss patients suffering from long COVID and what healthcare providers can do to help them.
December 05, 2024, Inside Medical Liability Online
Incidental Findings Can Lead to Malpractice Claims: Practice Protocols Can Help
If the ordering practitioner does not follow up, an incidental finding may lead to patient harm and result in a malpractice claim. The Doctors Company has completed a new analysis of medical malpractice claims against our members in which an incidental finding was identified as a contributing factor.
The Doctors Company Assists Members Impacted by Hurricane Ian
Due to potential disruption to member medical practices from Hurricane Ian, The Doctors Company will adjust policy cancellation and premium installment due dates for its Florida members.
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Healthcare
This video series explores how artificial intelligence (AI) will change the future of healthcare. Eric Topol, MD, cardiologist, founder and director of The Scripps Research Translational Institute, and author of “Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again," offers unique insight on how AI can return the humanity to medicine and strengthen the patient-physician relationship.
Fitch Ratings Affirms ‘A’ Ratings, ‘Stable’ Outlook for The Doctors Company
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its “A” (Strong) Insurer Financial Strength ratings for The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer and part of TDC Group. The outlook of these ratings is “Stable.”
Jun 05, 2025
Foundation Receives Record Number of Grant Entries for 2025
In the 2025 grant cycle, The Doctors Company Foundation received a record number of Letters of Intent—107 letters were submitted by the March 19 deadline. The Foundation’s grant review committee will now have the challenging task of evaluating those submissions to select a limited number of projects to move forward to the second phase of the grant making process.
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TDC Group Supports Pediatric Cancer Research and Helps Seniors Stay H.O.M.E.
The employees of TDC Group—The Doctors Company, Healthcare Risk Advisors, TDC Specialty Underwriters, and Medical Advantage—consistently demonstrate their generosity to the causes they care most about. Many seek matching funds from the TDC Group Employee Gift Matching Program to double their donations to causes they care about.
