March 25, 2026, Healthcare Business Today
Evaluating Your Claims Defense Team: Does Your Carrier Have the Strength to Protect You Against Malpractice Allegations?
Facing a lawsuit is something clinicians need to be prepared for in the modern healthcare environment. In some high-risk specialties, more than two-thirds of clinicians will experience a claim during their career.
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Disclosure Resources Appendix 1
Physicians should use empathetic statements and avoid non-empathetic statements when disclosing adverse events or complications to patients.
What Differentiates the Best Doctors?
Ami Parekh, MD, JD, explains what differentiates the best doctors in today's healthcare environment, including handling increased complexity and partnering with patients.
Video Feb 10, 2026
Who Is Responsible When AI Contributes to Patient Harm?
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more deeply integrated into clinical practice, one question remains unresolved: Who holds responsibility when technology contributes to patient harm?
Feb 20, 2020
Anesthesiology Closed Claims Study
The Doctors Company studied 640 anesthesia medical malpractice claims that closed from 2007–2012 and 587 claims that closed between 2013–2018.
February 14, 2024, The Doctors Company Foundation
Grant Case Study: Assessing Surgical Competency Through Automated AI-Powered Surgical Video Analysis
Traditional approaches to assessing surgical competency are fraught with limitations that include subjectivity and lack of multiple raters and longitudinal observation. Applying machine learning and AI to cataract surgical videos provides a unique opportunity to design new evaluation tools that not only measure a surgeon’s skill level, but can also inform future surgical instruction.
Protect Your Advanced Practice Provider Career With Malpractice Coverage Designed for Your Needs
Malpractice claims may be filed even when no medical error occurred, and most healthcare professionals are named in a lawsuit at some point during their careers. Still, many APPs are unsure what liability coverage they have—and whether that protection is enough for the way they practice.
Video Jul 29, 2024
Reptile Theory and Malpractice Verdicts
Plaintiff’s lawyers are using “Reptile Theory”—leveraging the “fight or flight” instinct in jurors—to maximize malpractice verdicts higher than ever seen before.
Reproductive Healthcare: Post-Roe Resource Center
As a physician-owned and physician-led organization, we understand the unprecedented pressure placed on clinicians by the volatile landscape of reproductive healthcare today.
Telehealth: Remote Monitoring Problems
Remote patient monitoring technologies offer many benefits, but they also create potential malpractice risks.
