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  • Title: Reducing physician vulnerability to professional liability claims: what practices make a difference?
    Author: Meyers D.
    Journal: J Med Pract Manage; 2001; 16(4):206-8. PubMed ID: 11317581.
    Abstract:
    Physicians--both "good" and "bad"--may find themselves targeted in medical malpractice lawsuits for reasons not necessarily related to recognized acts of commission or omission. As a result, taking appropriate steps to reduce their vulnerability to claims that may eventually be brought against them makes good sense from a risk management perspective. This article looks at the frequency, severity, reasons for, and "misadventures" associated with one physician-owned medical malpractice company's professional liability claims and offers selected practice management strategies that can help enhance physicians' defensibility in the event they are sued.
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