August 5, 2015
Cell Phone Use Poses Significant Risks in Healthcare Settings
The personal use of cell phones poses a significant risk in healthcare settings as it may distract physicians and staff from the tasks at hand.
Category: Physicians
August 5, 2015
The personal use of cell phones poses a significant risk in healthcare settings as it may distract physicians and staff from the tasks at hand.
July 29, 2015
Lack of health literacy can make effective communication with patients a challenge. At stake may be inability to comply with treatment regimens, give informed consent and use medication properly.
July 22, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule that would reimburse physicians for discussions they have about end-of-life care.
July 15, 2015
Ineffective communication and transfer of patient information has been associated with medical errors, patient harm and patient dissatisfaction.
July 8, 2015
Before responding to a request to allow a high school or college student shadow you at an office or facility, consider the medical liability and patient safety risks.
July 1, 2015
As MLMIC celebrates its 40th anniversary, we have some great news for physician policyholders: the Superintendent of Insurance has accepted our recommendation that rates remain unchanged for the July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2016 policy year.
June 24, 2015
While NOACs are considered to have certain advantages to warfarin, they also have disadvantages. MLMIC believes it is important for providers to be aware of the potential risks of prescribing any medication.
June 9, 2015
Good relationships with patients are important not only to patient health but also, according to the article’s author, “Doctors sued most often were complained about by patients twice as much as those who were not, and poor communication was the most common complaint.”
June 3, 2015
It is the obligation of the original treating physician to appropriately follow up with the patient to arrange for removal of the PICC line.
May 27, 2015
In response to the increased prevalence of electronic health records (EHR) and some questions about the possible risks, we prepared a Special Edition of Dateline.