September 2014

In reviewing our early risk management newsletters, I stumbled upon the fact that PRMS’ risk managers have been writing on the topic of telemedicine since 1998! The Fall 1998 issue of our risk management newsletter contained an article titled “ Telemedicine: The Next Generation of Care?” So for a “Throwback Thursday” post, I thought I would review what my colleagues had to say ...

The Minnesota Mental Health Community Foundation – the charitable arm of the Minnesota Psychiatric Society – is just a few years old, but its worthy goals have made it a standout choice for continued PRMS support. The Foundation’s mission is to build broad-based awareness about mental illness by educating the public and making connections to support the mental health profession ...

Since our Program has insured tens of thousands of psychiatrists over almost 30 years, it won’t surprise anyone that we have been studying and educating psychiatrists on HIPAA since 2000. We’ve presented entire CME seminars devoted to HIPAA, as well as covered HIPAA as one of many topics in our other seminars. But fourteen years after the healthcare world first heard of HIPAA, ...

PRMS  recognizes the advocacy and commitment of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to ensure access to mental health treatment. Team PRMS Gives a Hoot participated in the NAMIWalks Northern Virginia on September 20, 2014. PRMS employees and family members walked together to raise money and awareness for NAMI programs and services.   ...

The other day my Executive Chairman sent me an interesting article from the NY Times detailing the fact that in France, physicians make the final end-of-life decisions for their patients. From the article: “Doctors in France have long held what, by American standards, might seem unthinkable discretion to make end-of-life choices for people in their care.“ “For patients unable ...