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      The Doctor’s Advocate | Second Quarter 2012


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      Seminars and Webinars to Meet Your CME Needs

      In 2012, you can choose from an expanded schedule of live seminars and complimentary Webinars that can help you strengthen patient safety and earn CME credits.

      This year’s seminar, The Electronic Health Information Age: Challenges and Risks, addresses risk factors associated with electronic medicine, from charting and privacy breaches to the use of social media. For dates, locations, and registration information, go to www.thedoctors.com/cmeschedule.

      Upcoming Webinars (Earn 1.0 CME Credit)

      July 18 FAQs: Answers to Common Patient Safety Questions
      July 24 HIPAA: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
      August 8 Risk Prevention Tips for the Digital Age: E-mail, Texting, and Social Media
      August 22 Managing Challenging Patients
      August 23 HIPAA: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
      August 28 Adverse Outcome Disclosure: Doing the Right Thing…In the Right Way
      September 5 Cutting Edge: A Study of Malpractice Claims in Surgery
      September 12 Defensive Medicine and Medical Practice
      September 25 HIPAA: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

       

      The Doctor’s Advocate is published by The Doctors Company to advise and inform its members about loss prevention and insurance issues.

       

      The guidelines suggested in this newsletter are not rules, do not constitute legal advice, and do not ensure a successful outcome. They attempt to define principles of practice for providing appropriate care. The principles are not inclusive of all proper methods of care nor exclusive of other methods reasonably directed at obtaining the same results.

       

      The ultimate decision regarding the appropriateness of any treatment must be made by each health care provider in light of all circumstances prevailing in the individual situation and in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the care is rendered.

       

      The Doctor’s Advocate is published quarterly by Corporate Communications, The Doctors Company. Letters and articles, to be edited and published at the editor’s discretion, are welcome. The views expressed are those of the letter writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or official policy of The Doctors Company. Please sign your letters, and address them to the editor.


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