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Jun 18, 2024
Telehealth Visits: Strategies for Minimizing Patient Distraction
Sue Boisvert, BSN, MHSA, Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager, The Doctors Company
Patients who are distracted during telehealth visits can affect a practitioner’s ability to establish rapport and provide safe, effective treatment.
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Sep 14, 2020
Hospitalist Closed Claims Study
This review of 238 closed hospitalist claims identifies top allegations and factors contributing to patient injury.

Oct 02, 2020
Oncology Closed Claims Study
The Doctors Company conducted a review of medical and surgical oncology claims that closed between 2012 and 2018. This study was based on claims and lawsuits filed against the more than 500 oncologists insured by The Doctors Company.

Physician-Owned Carriers Invest to Benefit Those Who Are Insured, not Shareholders
Physicians should understand the risks of their medical malpractice carrier’s investments and make sure they are covered by an insurer who has their interests at heart and, therefore, takes a prudent and relatively conservative approach to investing.

Mar 07, 2025
EHR Interoperability and Artificial Intelligence: Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse
Daniel Kent Cassavar, MD, MBA, FACC, Medical Director, The Doctors Company and TDC Group
Healthcare practitioners are ready to let AI lighten their loads—but first, we need to achieve EHR interoperability. AI can help us with that, too.
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Best Imaginable Service for Our Members
Providing superior service is more than a best practice for us, it’s at the core of who we are. And according to the exceptional rankings we’ve received across multiple categories of support in our Member Experience Survey, our members agree.

Strategies for Effective Patient-Assisted Telehealth Assessments
Physicians who practice telemedicine must consider the components needed to complete an effective remote assessment and plan ahead based on their specialty area and the patient’s presenting complaint.

Professional Education
Medication Management: Strategies for Advanced Practice Clinicians
Medication management is by far the area providers can make the most impact within the professional practice arena. Data from closed claims shows that medication management is a risky area, most importantly the monitoring of medications. Monitoring and management begin when the patient receives the medication until the patient is no longer on the medication. An effective medication management process is essential for safe patient care. Having current patient medication information will assist with subsequent prescribing and a plan of care. 1.25 credits

Professional Education
Module 6: Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing)
This program reviews the CURES electronic database for Schedule II, III, IV, V controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in California, including time requirements involved when dispensing information needs to be reported (a controlled substance is released to the patient or patient's representative). This module will examine how non-DEA licensed physicians and surgeon practitioners can access CURES data. This module consists of four audio-filled videos. To successfully complete this course, you need to achieve a passing score of 80 percent in the post-test questions.

Mar 04, 2024
Patient Safety Impact Story: Documentation Can Prevent Litigation
Our experts partnered with a general surgery practice to dramatically improve its after-hours call documentation rate.
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