The Informed Practice —Maintaining a Culture of Safety
In crisis, maintaining a culture of safety in your practice You have undoubtedly heard this phrase before, probably too many times: “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” The phrase — now unfortunately a cliche — comes from the instructions that airline personnel deliver to passengers in a crisis. […]
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The Informed Practice — Telehealth in the Era of COVID-19
Telehealth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance In this new era of practicing medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no question that telemedicine will play an important and significantly expanded role in most practices and care settings for the foreseeable future. Although […]
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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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