Many of you are on call every few days. You will sometimes get a phone call in the middle of the night from the hospitalist covering your patient. Whatever your response, you must put it in the patient’s chart at your earliest possible convenience. For those of you who have the [...]
continue readingIt is that time of year again that many employment contracts are being offered to departing residents and fellows. Most of these new physicians do not know the difference between a claims made and an occurrence malpractice insurance policy. They do not know the difference between a state licensed insurance company [...]
continue readingEver been put in the middle of a problem concerning the imminent safety of a person, not your patient? If this concern involves a real threat to this person’s safety, it is not a HIPAA violation to reveal only the protected health information, limited in such a way, that may protect [...]
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