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Many
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harmed by a patient.
Good
risk management practices are designed to help prevent such malpractice
claims and lawsuits and/or reduce the severity of claims and lawsuits
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Recent
articles include:
- Malpractice
Liability for Forensic Activities: Liability in the Absence of a Treatment
Relationship
- Talking
to Patients and Families about Medications: Improving Quality of Care
and Reducing Professional Liability Risk When Prescribing for Children
- Lessons
to be Learned: What Allegations in Post-Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits
Can Teach About Risk Management Strategies
- Emergency
Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA): The Challenge of Compliance
in Psychiatric Cases
- Supervision
of Nurse Practitioners
Regular
columns include Myths and Misconceptions and Examiner’s Perspective
which have focused recently on topics such as:
-
Patient access to records
- Terminating
treatment
- Patient
suicide
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