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Potential professional liability risks lurk around every corner. Patient suicides, confidentiality breaches, and adverse medication reactions are among the many events that can lead to a malpractice lawsuit. Even the most diligent professionals may have gaps in their risk management knowledge. Identify and manage your greatest liability risks with these valuable resources aimed at helping you with the risk issues routinely encountered in your professional practice.

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) - Examiner's Perspective: Claims Data (CL-EP-119) - Examiner's Perspective: Post-Suit Discretion is Key (CL-EP-122) - Examiner's Perspective: Telephone Calls From Former Patients (CL-EP-124) - Examiner's Perspective: Treating "VIP" Patients (CL-EP-125) - Examiner's Perspective: Release of Information to Child Protective Services (CL-EP-126)
Closing A Private Practice	~~$15.00~~ $13.50
- Practical Pointers for Closing a Private Practice (RM-112) - Retaining and Discarding Psychiatric Records (RM-150) - Termination of the Psychiatrist-patient Treatment Relationship (RM-191) - Termination of the Psychiatrist-patient Treatment Relationship Dos & Don'ts (RM-192) - Closing a Psychiatric Practice on Short Notice (RM-197)
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) - Examiner's Perspective: Subpoena for Deposition (CL-EP-120) - Examiner's Perspective: Death of a Patient (CL-EP-121) - Examiner's Perspective: Post-suit Discretion is Key (CL-EP-122) -Examiner's Perspective: Release of Information to Child Protective Services (CL-EP-126) - 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) - Myths & Misconceptions: When Investigators Come Knocking (RM-MM-129) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication with Third Parties (RM-MM-130) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA & Releasing Other Providers' Records (RM-MM-131)
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) - Underwriter's Corner: Using E-mail with Patients (UW-UC-123) - 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) - Line Dancing: Psychiatry and Crossing State Lines (RM-186) - Risk Management Concerns Related To Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, And --E-Prescribing (RM-194) - Glossary: Electronic Health Information Technology (RM-195) - 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) - Lessons Learned: Providing Psychiatric Services to School Systems (RM-176) - Independent Evaluations in Child Custody Disputes (RM-184) - Correctional Psychiatry: A Unique Patient Population And Professional Liability Risk (RM-188) - Myths & Misconceptions: Treating v. Forensic Role (RM-MM-102) - The "Curbside" Consult and What It Means for You (RM-199)
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) - Impaired Drivers: Risk Management for Psychiatrists (RM-198)
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) - Thinking Outside The FDA Black Box: Risk Management and Psychopharmacology (RM-171) - Monitoring Guidelines and the Adverse Effects of Medication (RM-185) - Prescribing For Pregnant Patients: Knowledge Gaps, Patient Safety, and Risk Management (RM-187) - You Should Know...About Medication Side-Effects and Medical Malpractice Risk In Psychiatry: Lawsuits Involving Stevens Johnson Syndrome (RM-193) - Myths & Misconceptions: Prescriptions for Non- Patients (RM-MM-107) - Myths & Misconceptions: Pharmacy Benefits Letter (RM-MM-110) - Myths & Misconceptions: Patients Who Obtain Multiple Prescriptions (RM-MM-124) - Impaired Drivers: Risk Management for Psychiatrists (RM-198)
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) - Myths & Misconceptions: Who's Right? IMEs, Worker's Comp, & HIPAA (RM-MM-121) - Myths & Misconceptions: Therapeutic Neuromodulation (RM-MM-122) - Myths & Misconceptions: Rights of Divorced Parents (RM-MM-123) - Myths & Misconceptions: Patients Who Obtain Multiple Prescriptions (RM-MM-124) - Myths & Misconceptions: Sage Advice About Building Relationships (RM-MM-125) - Myths & Misconceptions: Treating College Students (RM-MM-127) - Myths & Misconceptions: When Investigators Come Knocking (RM-MM-129) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication With Third Parties (RM-MM-130) - Myths & Misconceptions: HIPAA & Releasing Other Providers' Records (RM-MM-131)
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) - Altering Treatment Records (RM-190) - Risk Management Concerns Related To Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, and E-Prescribing (RM-194) - Glossary: Electronic Health Information Technology (RM-195) - Patient Access to a Psychiatrist's Record (RM-196)
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) - Myths & Misconceptions: Communication with Third Parties (RM-MM-130)
Termination of Treatment	~~$10.00~~ $9.00
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Managing Termination Risk (RM-114) - Termination of the Psychiatrist-patient Treatment Relationship (RM-191) - Termination of the Psychiatrist-patient Treatment Relationship Do & Don'ts (RM-192)