Patient Care on the PRMS Blog

Here are 12 easy-to-implement risk management resolutions you may want to consider for 2026: PATIENT SAFETY When treating patients via telepsychiatry, consider asking for and documenting the patient’s current address at the start of every telehealth encounter. In the event the patient goes into crisis during the telehealth visit, you will know where to send emergency services ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Muhammad Farooqi to be featured as a guest blogger this month and to remind us about all the values silence brings. Dr. Farooqi is a Psychiatrist at Garnet Health in Middletown, NY, and President of the West Hudson Psychiatric Society (WHPS). The following is republished from the November 2025 eSynapse, a ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Julian Khaymovich to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Khaymovich discusses how the rise of AI-generated content is eroding societal trust, blurring reality, and posing significant risks to mental health by fostering paranoia, anxiety, and isolation, underscoring the urgent need for regulation ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Brittany Ranieri to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Ranieri shares her research on perinatal mental health and encourages psychiatry residency training programs across the county to incorporate more training into their curriculums. Dr. Ranieri is a PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident Physician at the ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Sahil Kapoor, Member of the Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA) and second year psychiatry resident at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Baptist Health residency training program, to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Kapoor shares more about his research on the stigma i ...

*This piece is republished from Insight Matters, the quarterly newsletter of the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Society, Fall 2024 issue. As part of our ongoing commitment to behavioral health, PRMS is pleased to feature as a guest blogger this month the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Association (OPPA) in honor of the organization’s 75th anniversary in 2025. Celebrating OPPA’s 75th ...

It’s that time again, when you may be thinking about resolutions for the new year. While termination has always been a popular topic on our Risk Management Helpline, during the past year we have addressed more termination issues than ever before. It’s an important topic because once a treatment relationship has been established, the psychiatrist remains responsible for the pat ...

As part of our ongoing commitment to behavioral health, PRMS is pleased to feature Dr. Alyssa Ciera Smith, PGY-4 psychiatry resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN, and a member of the Indiana Psychiatric Society, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Smith shares more about her experience attending the Federal Advocacy Conference last October in ...

Ready for success in your psychiatric career? PRMS® Psych-cess is a FREE webinar for residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists, led by experts in the field to set you up for success. Hear from our panel of four psychiatrists from across the country as they lead a discussion about their individual experiences studying and practicing psychiatry, as well as treating cult ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the Southern California Psychiatric Society and its work developing a nine-part, short documentary series featuring psychiatrist members working in the field of minority mental health. With the support of PRMS ...