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5 Ways to Manage Your Online Reputation
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 […]
Following the Fallout from Defensive Medicine
Many pieces have been written over the years about defensive medicine and how it raises the cost of health care and provides unnecessary care to patients. But, a recent article in The New Yorker takes this information a bit further. “Overkill,” by Atul Gawande shows us how such care is actually harming patients both physically […]
Welcome to the New Cunningham Group Insurance Website!
Welcome to the new Cunningham Group Insurance website! To our longtime readers, thanks for following us here. For those of you who are new, welcome, we also used to be MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com. Why did we join forces with our parent company? Cunningham Group has always been the parent company of MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com. We decided to merge the […]
Spas: Let's Talk Business Owner's Insurance
A lot of spa owners may think that their malpractice insurance is the most important type of insurance they need. Certainly, malpractice insurance is very important, but today, let’s talk about the importance of Business Owner’s Insurance. First and foremost, a spa is a business. And, as a business, there are many concerns above and […]
How Much Will Your Medical Malpractice Insurance Cost?
With medical malpractice insurance being one of the most significant expenses that physicians face yearly, one of the first questions physicians ask us is, “How much is this going to cost me?” There are several factors that determine the general cost of malpractice insurance. 1. Your medical specialty. As you’d probably guess, specialties that involve […]
My Medical Error
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 […]
Why Your Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Matters
For most physicians, their medical malpractice insurance company doesn’t matter until, well, it does. When a physician faces a claim, it is important to know who is defending him or her and how. The next several months up to years can be spent dealing with one’s insurance company. And, because the inherent nature of being […]
An Organization to Know: Social Media Health Network
Are you still not convinced that social media should be in the world of medicine? Are you weary of the intersection of health care and Facebook, Twitter, et al? Well, if you don’t want to take it from us that it’s here to stay, would you listen to the Mayo Clinic? They founded the Mayo […]
Thinking of Blogging on Your Practice's Website?
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 […]
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