Publications & Resources

As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s vital that dental practices follow appropriate guidelines to keep staff and patients safe, while protecting the practice from legal risks. Here are five ways to start.

Over the years, MLMIC has reached out to dental residents in New York to provide informative risk management programs geared to new dentists about topics like communication, the electronic health record, charting and healthcare proxy law.

Join MLMIC and HANYS on Tuesday, October 27, at noon for a complimentary webinar on common risks of evolving healthcare technologies and strategies for safely managing their implementation and use.

A new prediction model, called the COVID Inpatient Risk Calculator, can help forecast if a patient is at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 or dying from the virus.

An update to New York State Executive Order 202.61 says healthcare personnel who order and administer COVID-19 tests must now document and report if the patient attends, works or volunteers in a school.

The newest issue of The Scope: Medical Edition, MLMIC’s risk management publication, is now available online and offers the latest health, legal, risk management and insurance information.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology indicates that Google searches for a number of common gastrointestinal symptoms may predict future COVID-19 infection rates in a region.

To minimize risk of liability exposure from a diagnostic error, healthcare providers should be cognizant of the contributing factors leading to claims.

A growing number of patients infected with COVID-19 are experiencing lasting and serious health conditions caused by the virus.

MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on patient communication, including guidance on after hours calls, communication between consulting and referring physicians, sharing test results and communicating with low health literacy patients.