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PRMS monographs are now available on a variety of topics and are designed specifically for anyone in the practice of behavioral healthcare: psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and office managers. In these materials, PRMS maps strategies and offers guidelines which can be applied to your practice. All monographs are provided in a convenient and easy-to-use CD-ROM format. FOR A LMITED TIME, RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT!

Billing Issues	$10.00 $9.00
- Practical Risk Management Pointers For Using Collections Agencies (RM-141) - To Collect Or Not To Collect? Overdue Bills and Resulting Malpractice Claims (RM-167)
Boundary Issues	$10.00 $9.00
- Are You Crossing Therapeutic Boundaries? Twelve Danger Signs (RM-124) - Myths & Misconceptions: Expansion of Boundary Violations (RM-MM-103)
Claims Examiner's Perspective	$40.00 $36.00
- Major Components of a Psychiatric Malpractice Trial and Related Risk Management Tips (CL-101) - The Litigation Process and Your Defense (CL-102) - Examiner’s Perspective: Relevance of Records to Testimony (CL-EP-106) - Examiner’s Perspective: What Are the Most Damaging Claims (CL-EP-107) - Examiner’s Perspective: Treatment Guidelines (CL-EP-108) - Examiner’s Perspective: Personal Digital Assistant and Prescribing Medications (CL-EP-109) - Examiner’s Perspective: HIPAA & Preemption of State Law (CL-EP-110) - Examiner’s Perspective: Elder Abuse (CL-EP-111) - Examiner’s Perspective: Involuntary Admission (CL-EP-112) - Examiner’s Perspective: Destroying Electronic Information (CL-EP-113) - Examiner’s Perspective: Inadvertent Disclosures of Patient Information (CL-EP-114) - Examiner’s Perspective: Medical Directors and Psychiatrists as Defendants in Nursing Home Cases (CL-EP-115) - Examiner’s Perspective: Documenting the Informed Consent to Treatment Process (CL-EP-116) - Examiner’s Perspective: Can Subpoena’s Be Ignored? (CL-EP-117) - Examiner’s Perspective: Who Owns the Records? (CL-EP-118)
Closing A Private Practice	$15.00 $13.50
- Practical Pointers for Closing a Private Practice (RM-112) - Practical Pointers for Terminating the Psychiatrist- Patient Relationship (RM-113) - Retaining and Discarding Psychiatric Records (RM-150)
Confidentiality & Release Of Information	$25.00 $22.50
- Examiner’s Perspective: Inadvertent Disclosures of Patient Information (CL-EP-114) - Examiner’s Perspective: Can Subpoenas Be Ignored? (CL-EP-117) - Confidentiality of Substance Abuse Records (RM-145) - Risk Management After a Patient Suicide: Confidentiality and Related Matters (RM-146) - Responding to Requests for Patient Information, Subpoenas, & Court Orders (RM-152) - Elements of an Office Confidentiality Policy (RM-153) - Myths & Misconceptions: Confidentiality in an ER Situation (RM-MM-105) - Myths & Misconceptions: Voluntary Compliance with HIPAA’s Privacy Rule (RM-MM-113) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication with Primary Care Providers (RM-MM-114) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and Patient Access (RM-MM-115) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA Preemption Resources (RM-MM-119)
Cybermedicine & Telemedicine & Electronics	$35.00 $31.50
- Examiner’s Perspective: Personal Digital Assistant and Prescribing Medications (CL-EP-109) - Examiner’s Perspective: Destroying Electronic Information (CL-EP-113) - Keeping Risk Management Current with Electronic Devices & Practical Pointers for Risk Management Issues Created by the Use of Electronics (RM-130) - Telemedicine: The Next Generation of Care (RM-131) - Risk Management in Cyberspace (RM-138) - Practical Pointers for the Practice of Cybermedicine (RM-139) - Electronic Prescribing (RM-140) - Electronic Health Records - Look Before You Leap (RM-179) - Myths & Misconceptions: E-mail Risk Management (RM-MM-109) - Myths & Misconceptions: Electronic Medical Records (RM-MM-118)
Forensic Issues	$30.00 $27.00
- Major Components of a Psychiatric Malpractice Trial and Related Risk Management Tips (CL-101) - The Litigation Process and Your Defense (CL-102) - Risk Management Practical Pointers for Psychiatric Forensic Practice (RM-127) - Dueling Duties: Alternatives to Traditional Direct Patient Care Can Cause a Conflict of Obligations (RM-148) - Child Custody Evaluations and Risk Management (RM-160) - Malpractice Liability for Forensic Activities: Liability in the Absence of a Treatment Relationship (RM-166) - Myths & Misconceptions: Treating v. Forensic Role (RM-MM-102)
Informed Consent	$25.00 $22.50
- Examiner’s Perspective: Treatment Guidelines (CL-EP-108) - Examiner’s Perspective: Documenting the Informed Consent to Treatment Process (CL-EP-116) - Informed Consent In Medication Management - A Joint Process (RM-128) - Informed Consent - More Than a Piece of Paper (RM-154) - Documentation of Informed Consent: When Should Use of a Form Be Considered (RM-172)
Medications	$35.00 $31.50
- Examiner’s Perspective: Treatment Guidelines (CL-EP-108) - Examiner’s Perspective: Personal Digital Assistant and Prescribing Medications (CL-EP-109) - Legal and Risk Management Concerns Related to the Use of Non-FDA Approved Drugs in the Practice of Psychiatry (RM-119) - Some Practical Pointers for Off-label Use of an Approved Drug (RM-120) - Factoring Alternative and Complimentary Medicine into Patient Histories (RM-121) - Risk Management and Medication Prescribing/ Administering (RM-136) - Electronic Prescribing (RM-140) - Prescribing Scheduled Controlled Substances (RM-170) - Myths & Misconceptions: Prescriptions for Non- Patients (RM-MM-107) - Myths & Misconceptions: Pharmacy Benefits Letter (RM-MM-110)
Myths & Misconceptions	$40.00 $36.00
- Myths & Misconceptions: Being Drawn Into a Suit (RM-MM-101) - Myths & Misconceptions: Treating v. Forensic Role (RM-MM-102) - Myths & Misconceptions: Expansion of Boundary Violations (RM-MM-103) - Myths & Misconceptions: Renting Space (RM-MM-104) - Myths & Misconceptions: Confidentiality in an ER Situation (RM-MM-105) - Myths & Misconceptions: A Perfect Record (RM-MM-106) - Myths & Misconceptions: Prescriptions for Non- Patients (RM-MM-107) - Myths & Misconceptions: Record Storage (RM-MM-108) - Myths & Misconceptions: E-mail Risk Management (RM-MM-109) - Myths & Misconceptions: Pharmacy Benefits Letter (RM-MM-110) - Myths & Misconceptions: Observers (RM-MM-111) - Myths & Misconceptions: Reporting Elderly Drivers (RM-MM-112) - Myths & Misconceptions: Voluntary Compliance with HIPAA’s Privacy Rule (RM-MM-113) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication with Primary Care Providers (RM-MM-114) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and Patient Access (RM-MM-115) - Myths & Misconceptions: Electronic Medical Records (RM-MM-118) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA Preemption Resources (RM-MM-119) - Myths & Misconceptions: Selling Products From Your Office (RM-MM-120)
Records & Documentation	$35.00 $31.50
- Examiner’s Perspective: Relevance of Records to Testimony (CL-EP-106) - Examiner’s Perspective: Destroying Electronic Information (CL-EP-113) - Examiner’s Perspective: Who Owns the Records? (CL-EP-118) - Practical Pointers for Psychiatric Records (RM-110) - Contents of a Psychiatric Record (RM-111) - Retaining and Discarding Psychiatric Records (RM-150) - Electronic Health Records - Look Before You Leap (RM-179) - Myths & Misconceptions: A Perfect Record (RM-MM-106) - Myths & Misconceptions: Record Storage (RM-MM-108) - Myths & Misconceptions: Electronic Medical Records (RM-MM-118)
Supervision/Collaborative Treatment Arrangements	$30.00 $27.00
- Supervision of Medical and Non-Medical Mental Health Care Professionals/Providers (RM-116) - Office Staff, Risk Management and You (RM-117) - Office Sharing and Professional Liability Risks (RM-118) - Supervision of Nurse Practitioners (RM-157) - Myths & Misconceptions: Being Drawn Into a Suit (RM-MM-101) - Myths & Misconceptions: Renting Space (RM-MM-104) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication with Primary Care Providers (RM-MM-114)
Suicide & Suicidal Patients	$25.00 $22.50
- Examiner's Perspective: What are the Most Damaging Claims? (CL-EP-107) - Examiner's Perspective: Involuntary Admission (CL-EP-112) - Practical Pointers For Managing Suicidal Patients (RM-122) - Risk Management After A Patient Suicide: Confidentiality And Related Matters (RM-146) - Lessons To Be Learned: What Allegations in Post-Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits Can Teach About Risk Management Strategies (RM-159)
Termination of Treatment	$10.00 $9.00
- Practical Pointers For Terminating the Psychiatrist-Patient Relationship (RM-113) - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Managing Termination Risk (RM-114)

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