by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor Consumer demand for convenience, access and affordability is changing how episodic-care and preventative medicine is delivered in the United States. A novelty 15 years ago, today there are more than 3,000 convenient care clinics in the United States, most located within the nation’s largest big-box retail outlets. […]

Cunningham Group, the nation’s largest independent agency representing medical malpractice insurance products, announced today the launch of Healthcare Matters, a new internet television program that explores the intersection of healthcare practice, the business of medicine and the law. Healthcare Matters can be located at https://www.cunninghamgroupins.com/all-md/healthcare-matters. Hosted by Michael Matray—editor of Medical Liability Monitor, the medical […]

We knew it was bound to happen. Patients now say that they want to communicate with their physician via Facebook. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that we have often talked about how important it is to thoughtfully and carefully use and manage electronic communication (especially social media) in a […]

AAP News, the official Newsmagazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics, just had a great article about the med mal insurance needs of pediatricians. These days, fewer and fewer pediatricians are opening their own, independent private practices. Many pediatricians today are working either as employees or as independent contractors for larger practices or health systems. […]

Most physicians and small practices often don’t give marketing much thought. After all, the days are already long and there is more than enough work each day just trying to stay on top of the basics: patient care, medical records and billing. But, with the ever-growing number of online outlets for patients to provide reviews […]

On this blog, I often write about medical errors –different kinds of errors, how physicians should handle errors, how physicians can avoid errors, etc. But, today, I’d like to write about an error I experienced: what happened, how the physician handled it, and my reactions. The error didn’t happen to me, per se, it happened […]

With it getting tougher and tougher for small medical practices to survive, many practices are tightening their belts financially. And, for many practices, the marketing budget may be one of the first items to get cut. As a result, many offices are trying to do their own marketing. A great marketing tool can be your […]

As we all know, the list of medi-spa services is growing rapidly and many of the newer services being offered are quite sophisticated. As a result, many medi-spas are feeling an obligation to advise clients about how to prepare for these services in order to get the best results. And, often, these suggestions are specifically […]

We all know that there are many, many minefields in the electronic world for physicians. HIPAA, general patient privacy expectations, personal identity theft and medical identity theft are just a few of the concerns every provider and practice should have these days. Despite these concerns, patients, in particular, want their physicians and other health care […]