Essential Resources for Medical Groups, Hospitals, and Healthcare Facilities

CAPAssurance, a Risk Purchasing Group, knows the business of healthcare and invites you to take advantage of the following webinars, publications, and articles to help support your success.

 

Free On-Demand Webinars

Get easy access to important programs addressing critical topics to help reduce liability risk and manage a safe and productive operation.

Risk Management Lessons from Litigated Cases
Get Medicine on Trial, a free publication of more than 80 litigated cases summarized by CAP's General Counsel Gordon Ownby.

Featured Programs

AB 35: Truth and Impact

Avoiding Critical Flaws in the Consent Process

Creating the Extraordinary Patient Experience

When Things Go Wrong: Transparency and Management of Adverse Events

Patient Safety Beyond the Exam Room: Managing a Medical and Office Staff

Working with NPs and PAs: Reducing Liability Risks

The Ins and Outs of Managing Patient Complaints

Professional Job-Related Burnout: Transform from Burned Out to On Fire

 

Case of the Month

Benefit from the important lessons learned from the popular “Case of the Month,” article series and build on best practices to minimize risk.

Featured Cases

• Put the Patient in the Information Loop

• Court Backs PA’s License Revocation Over MD Supervision Setup

Office Protocols Can Fail – So Training Must be Constant

Specialist Referrals Are Not Always Enough

Secure a Rich Record to Draw From – Just in Case

 

Focused Reviews

Learn best practice guidelines and actionable strategies to reduce risk through detailed studies that overview common risk trends in a specific specialty group.

Featured Risk Management and Patient Safety Focused Reviews

A Look into Hospitalist Practice

A Look into Pediatrics

A Look into Urgent Care Medicine

A Look into Working With Advanced Practice Professionals

 

Educational Guides

Download free guides that offer guidance on how to avoid lawsuits and navigate negative patient outcomes should they occur.

Featured Guides

Avoiding Lawsuits: The Role Your Staff Can Play

The Healthcare Provider’s Guide to Handling Adverse Outcomes

 

Articles

Read these short pieces that provide easy, actionable information to avoid common risk situations that impact physicians and healthcare organizations of all sizes and settings.

Featured Articles

Ketamine - What's All the Hype About?

“You Didn’t Tell Me That.” Informed Refusal as a Defense

Curbside Consultations: What the Practitioner Must Know

Telemedicine Webside Manner: Putting Your Best Face Forward

“Flying right”: Adapting Aviation’s ‘Sterile Cockpit Rule’ to Improve Patient Safety in the OR

“Counts Are Correct”: Retained Foreign Objects

Educating Your Patients on Disposing of Unwanted Medications

 

Resources

The Truth Behind AB 35 and Its Impact on California Physicians

Earn CME with complimentary access to UpToDate, the premier online evidence-based clinical decision support resource: Learn More.

 

Contact the CAPAssurance 24-hour Risk Management Hotline at 800-499-6248 to report a claim or to request immediate guidance on managing adverse events and high-exposure incidents. Or send an email to CAPAssurance@CAPphysicians.com

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