Take heed, good doctors, having world-class training and clinical skills is not always enough to fend off potential legal action.
Take heed, good doctors, having world-class training and clinical skills is not always enough to fend off potential legal action. For today’s physicians, the threat of a malpractice suit is ever lurking on the horizon. Protect yourself from such legal entanglements by involving everyone in your practice. You’ll need effective risk-management strategies to deal with all those trigger points surrounding patient care.
Here’s what you can do to reduce your potential risk:
Make sure these protocols are included in your risk management plan for the practice. This plan should become a tool for training new physicians and staff, and holding everyone accountable. Common-sense risk management plays an important role in reducing risk exposure, so make it a priority in your office.
Judy Capko is a healthcare consultant, speaker, and author of the popular books “Secrets of the Best Run Practices, 2006” and “Take Back Time, 2008.” She is a popular speaker at national and regional conferences. Judy is the owner of Capko & Company based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She can be reached at judy@capko.com.
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