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Jun 17, 2022
RCA2: Improving Root Cause Analyses
James P. Bagian, MD, PE, co-chaired a panel with the National Patient Safety Foundation to improve how we can learn from adverse events and unsafe conditions.

No-Payment vs. Indemnity Payment Malpractice Claims
Do contributing factors differ between malpractice claims with no payment and claims with indemnity payments?

Sep 03, 2026
Closing Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Gaps With a Culture of Vigilance
Daniel Kent Cassavar, MD, MBA, FACC, Medical Director, The Doctors Company and TDC Group
We can preserve cybersecurity in healthcare through our daily habits as working clinicians, and we must integrate cyber vigilance into our culture of patient safety.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

Informed Consent Sample Forms
Customize our informed consent sample forms to your practice and your patients.

Feb 07, 2025
Dental Risk Self-Assessment: Exclusively for Members
The Doctors Company’s online Dental Risk Self-Assessment exclusively for members can identify hidden liability risks in your dental practice. Regardless of the size of your practice or whether you are a general practitioner or a dental specialist, this easy-to-navigate self-assessment will guide you through common pitfalls in dental practices and provide you with risk management resources and strategies to prevent adverse outcomes and patient harm.

Licensing Board Complaints: A Top Risk for APCs
APCs are often underinsured for the risks of a complaint or investigation by a licensing board, which can result in fines or the loss of ability to practice. Personal malpractice coverage can strengthen an APCs legal defense.

Diagnostic Error in General Surgery
Although claims against general surgeons primarily allege technical surgical-type errors, diagnostic error is the second most frequent allegation against or case type for general surgeons.

Jun 18, 2024
Choose Your Most Important Quality Measure, Examine for Equity, and Begin
Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF; Founding President, California Health Care Foundation
Guest author Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA, considers the connections between equity and high-quality care and offers strategies for prioritizing efforts.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

Nov 17, 2022
Telemedicine Challenges Post-Roe
Telemedicine offers the potential both to bridge geographic gaps and to increase access to in-clinic appointments for pregnant patients. However, varying state laws and patient disparities continue to provide challenges for physicians.

New Mexico Legislative Update
The medical liability landscape in New Mexico has seen significant changes over the past few years.