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• Insurance and Finance
  Insurance , Malpractice coverage is only partial protection, learn how to complete it.
  Insurance Holes, Learn what may not be covered, and when. Then you can complete you coverage.
  Financial Protection, Asset and other financial protections need to be in place before you have a problem. But if a problem arises there are still protections you can use.
  Medical Justice This company offers a combination of countersuit insurance and patient contracts.
     
• Prevention
  Doctor-Patient Relationship, This is the heart of your defense, and there is more to learn about how to make it stronger.
  Medical Office, This is either your home defense, or a key vulnerability.
  Prevention, We have laid out the steps in a organized path.
  Medical Records, This may well be about the most important voice at trial, and is stronger than your memory. .
  Standard of Care, You will be judged by it, but defining it for malpractice is usually harder than for clinical care, work to establish is as you treat.
  Billing, Financial practices are a new target, and drag you into deeper waters.
  Warning, If a patient's actions or a clinical problem warn of possbible lititation, act while many options still remain. It can save you time and worry.
  Problems or Errors, How to communicate and manage clinical care problems.
  Deadly Errors, Make these your don't do list.
      
• Case and Trial Management
  Filing and Serving Summons, Understand the technical aspects of this process.
  Case Appears, Act early to minimize a case's consequences.
  Workbook System, One method to organize and prepare
  Preparation, There is much more to this than careful chart review.
   
  Personal Attorney, The surprising things your defense attorney can’t do. You will need to pay for a personal attorney to do them
  Plaintiff's Attorney, What are they trying to do to you?
  The Jury: Prepare early, because substance may only be 7%
  Depositions,Surviving them takes special preparation, and perhaps learning new techniques.
  Expert Witnesses, Chose them wisely and plan to help by through your attorney. Be prepared, because the plaintiff’s expert tries to surprise you. .
  Trial, How to prevail in a different world and with a different language
  Settlement, Knowthe pitfalls of this alternate solution. It may not be final, and may have its own risks.
   
  Closure, The word is misleading, and the end of the case may leave many challenges.
  Consequences, Some serious new problems spring from a malpractice case.
  Asset Protection, Do it early for the most protection.
  Special Situations, Other matters that can complicate your case or take it to a new level of trouble.
  
  Ways to Void or Drop a Case, Don’t miss the mistakes the other side can make at every stage.
  Countermeasures, Countersuits, reporting expert witnesses, patient contracts, and other responses
   
• Malpractice Basics
  Malpractice Litigation, Causes
  The Plaintiffs View, Improve your understanding of the other side.
   
• Related Problems And Important Help
  Licensure, The plaintiff will often drag you into licensure, credentialing and NPDB problems.
  Billing, This is now a plaintiff's target in cases, and can be a source of other problems.
  Committees For Physician Health, They can help with health problems and risky consequences, offering protection and treatment.
  JCAHO , They can be an ally in some situations and protect physicians with health problems, but you need to know their rules in advance.
  EMTALA, Hospital Emergency Treatment, Transfer. Issues and Vulnerabilites.
   
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