The Informed Practice

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PPE.Exchange Information

MHA webinar highlights purchasing opportunity for Massachusetts Medical Society members via PPE.Exchange The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) teamed up with the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) purchasing opportunities to Massachusetts physicians and practices via the online marketplace PPE.Exchange. Interested physicians can sign up […]

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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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The Informed Practice — Telemedicine

October 30, 2019 Telemedicine and Your Practice: What Do You Need to Know? By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance Virtual medicine is booming in popularity. It’s estimated that demand for interactive audio and video health technology, otherwise known as “telemedicine” will increase by 18 percent annually nationwide. These […]

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