Risk Management

Risk Management: “Covering” Your Bases: Managing Risk While Away from Your Practice or Filling in for a Colleague
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is a Senior Risk Manager at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS). Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. Disclosures: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2023;20(1–3):76–77. This ongoing column is dedicated […]

Risk Management: Top 25 Tips to Reduce Clinicians’ Stress Levels
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is the Director of Risk Management at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS). Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. Disclosures: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2022;19(10–12):58–59. This ongoing column is […]

Risk Management: On the Record: Documentation of Psychiatric Treatment
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is Senior Risk Manager at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS). Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. Disclosures: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2022;19(7–9):77–79. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information […]

Risk Management: Adjusting to Your New Normal
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is Senior Risk Manager at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS). Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. Disclosures: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2022;19(4–6):87–89. This ongoing column is dedicated to […]

Risk Management: Responding to Record Requests: The Basics
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is Senior Risk Manager at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. Disclosures: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2022;19(1–3):71–73. This ongoing column is dedicated to […]

Risk Management: Fact or Fiction
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Director of Risk Management at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2021;18(10–12):38–39. Questions 1. A clinician’s former […]

Risk Management: The Standard of Care
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Director of Risk Management at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to […]

Maintenance and Destruction of Treatment Records
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is a Senior Risk Manager at PRMS, Inc. FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS Inc., a risk-management consulting company for health care providers. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on […]

Risk Management: Myths and Misconceptions: Terminating Treatment
by Ann L. McNary, JD Ms. McNary is a Senior Risk Manager at PRMS, Inc. FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS Inc., a risk-management consulting company for health care providers. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on […]

Risk Management: Telepsychiatry and COVID-19: Preparing for What’s Next
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Director of Risk Management at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to […]