Practice Risk Insight
Our Practice Risk INSIGHT can identify potential risks in the most critical aspects of your practice. It has been customized for various specialties to reflect your practice environment.
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Patient Safety in Dentistry: Documentation
The primary purpose of documentation is to create an orderly chronological record of the clinical decision-making process, treatment provided, and patient responses. Records that are incomplete or inaccurate may lead to inappropriate treatment and patient harm.
Mar 07, 2025
Practice Managers: Learn to Identify Practice Exposures and Reduce Risk
As a member of the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, you have access to unique, industry-leading resources and benefits. This quarter, we’re proud to feature Risk Management Fundamentals for the Practice Manager, a comprehensive program consisting of 16 on-demand lessons addressing high-risk areas for financial loss from lawsuits, regulatory noncompliance, injuries, or accidents, as well as areas known to improve patient safety and quality of care.
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The Doctor’s Advocate
Jun 12, 2018
Digital Medicine and the Future of Healthcare
The digitization of medicine is transforming the entire healthcare system—new technologies like mobile apps and wearables bring both benefits and risks, patient access to healthcare is evolving, EHRs have created new patient safety risks, and artificial intelligence is evolving to play a role in future patient care.
Referral and Negligent Referral in a Dental Practice
We outline actionable strategies to help dental professionals keep patients safe and avoid potential liability when referring patients to specialty providers.
Nonadherent and Noncompliant Patients: Overcoming Barriers
Nonadherent or noncompliant patient conduct (whether intentional or inadvertent) can adversely affect clinical outcomes, undermine the practitioner-patient relationship, and disrupt the operation of practice.
Legislative, Regulatory, and Judicial Advocacy
TDC Group is relentlessly committed to supporting medical liability reform and to safeguarding access to patient care. We lead the industry with a dedicated, award-winning Government Relations team and the only medical liability advocacy program covering all 50 states and the federal level.
Nov 18, 2025
The Doctors Company Foundation Honors the Life and Legacy of Patient Safety Luminary Lucian Leape, MD
We are deeply saddened by the passing earlier this year of Lucian Leape, MD, a giant in healthcare who is widely considered the parent of the modern patient safety movement.
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The Doctor’s Advocate
Flu, RSV, or COVID-19? Convergence of Three Viruses Creates Risk of Diagnostic Errors
Healthcare practitioners will encounter flu, RSV, and COVID-19 year-round, with peaks in fall and winter that can strain clinics and hospitals. These surges may overwhelm primary care offices and emergency departments, creating shortages of pediatric and adult hospital beds. To promote and improve patient safety, office practices should prepare now to vaccinate and test for flu, RSV, and COVID-19.
Mar 04, 2024
Patient Safety Impact Story: Documentation Can Prevent Litigation
Our experts partnered with a general surgery practice to dramatically improve its after-hours call documentation rate.
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The Doctor’s Advocate
