The Informed Practice — Mitigating Telehealth Risk
Telehealth Has Altered the Practice Landscape: How to Mitigate New Communication Risks in Your Practice By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance In our last Informed Practice blog post, Telehealth Wins Parity in Massachusetts: Implications for Your Practice, we discussed the enormous increase in telehealth visits. Before the pandemic, […]
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The Informed Practice — Update on Telemedicine
The need for telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic can be credited for more widespread use and acceptance, but the effects on practice management will almost certainly not subside when virus levels do.
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The Informed Practice — Burnout and COVID-19
Vaccinations Have Arrived, but Burnout is More of a Risk Than Ever By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance In the past month, tens of thousands of Massachusetts physicians and other frontline providers of patient care have been vaccinated against COVID-19. And as we look at all the joyful […]
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The Informed Practice — Implicit Bias
Clinical Judgment Due to Implicit Bias Can Lead to Medical Errors By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance April 8, 2020 With the widely reported news that the mortality rate from COVID-19 is hitting communities of color disproportionately, let’s examine a difficult topic: unconscious bias in medicine. I don’t know a single medical professional who enters […]
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The Informed Practice — Diagnostic Errors
December 18, 2019 How Can Practices Mitigate the Most Common Diagnostic Errors that Lead to Malpractice Claims Against Physicians? By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance Missed diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, and wrong diagnosis comprise the most common diagnostic error categories, and diagnostic errors in general comprise the most common […]
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Prescribing in an Office Setting
May 7, 2019 Prescribing in an Office Setting Medical professionals need to be aware of current guidelines and clinical best practices for prescribing. The new NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids CME program will help you meet these goals and meet your Massachusetts state-mandated CME requirements, free of charge. We […]
Read MoreCyber Security Risk
As technology has become a widespread necessity of business, so has the need for both risk management and insurance solutions to mitigate technology breaches and hacker attacks. Hacker attacks have been increasing in both frequency and severity and can be devastating to physician practices as can accidental technology breaches, which can lead to identity theft and fraud impacting the patients and the practice entity.
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