Five years ago, who would have thought telemedicine care would skyrocket, becoming a frequently used assessment and patient-provider communication method? Yet, this reality creates unique liability risks for healthcare providers in every medical specialty. Let’s look at why protecting your practice with telehealth malpractice insurance is so important. Why Healthcare Providers Should Invest in Telehealth
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Understanding the Coverage Options and Policies Offered by Medical Malpractice Insurance Providers
As a medical doctor, you likely understand the importance of having good medical malpractice insurance. After all, we’ve all heard of cases where doctors were sued for staggering amounts— amounts that no private individual could recover from. However, what constitutes good malpractice insurance? And how do you know? It starts with an awareness of the
READ MOREUnderstanding the Risks and Liability in Telehealth Practice
Telehealth medicine is intended to provide more convenience and accessibility to the patient. With its dramatic increase in usage and popularity through the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth visits across medical specialties remain in high demand. Let’s explore the risks and liability involved in telehealth practice. Medical Care Involves Risks and Liability In the best circumstances and
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Telemedicine is today’s unique way to communicate with your physician and receive diagnosis and treatment advice through information technology devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Allowing physicians and other providers to deliver services, answer questions, and keep in touch with patients, telemedicine can create serious liability problems, just as inpatient medical visits can. So, medical
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the workplace has largely shifted to remote or hybrid work. Technology has evolved making it possible to do almost anything from the comfort of your living room. Telemedicine, a concept that began around the 1950’s, became even more popular amongst the pandemic. With a rise in telemedicine come a rise in
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Telemedicine, or Telehealth as it is also known, has become a growing trend in healthcare. Telehealth was a reliable form of providing care prior to the pandemic, but it was normally a very small part of a provider’s practice. But as physicians and patients became more comfortable with Telemedicine, it has
READ MOREWhy Do You Need Malpractice Insurance For Telemedicine?
Protecting yourself from liability is one of the most important things you should do as a physician when changing your practice or starting to provide an additional service. Thanks to modern technology, patients who cannot physically visit their doctor can now receive diagnoses, treatment advice, and prescriptions via telemedicine. This raises an interesting question –
READ MORETelehealth is a Medical Malpractice Insurance Risk
Practicing medicine online through video chats or by phone call is risky. Although the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of Telehealth into prominence in the last few years, it still has inherent risks that need to be avoided, reduced, or insured against. The main concerns are medical malpractice claims for undiagnosed or misdiagnosed conditions, HIPAA
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The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new wave of Telemedicine practice in the United States, and with it came a whole new set of medical malpractice risks. Of course, Telemedicine had been available for years preceding the pandemic, but when stores and businesses were shut down, and people stayed home throughout 2020 – 2021, most
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