Can a successful physician really enjoy work-life balance? CAP is proud to join the San Francisco Medical Society in hosting, Resilience - A New Take On Wellness, a free, no-obligation CME program on May 11, 2017.

A recent focused review of CAP’s closed-claims data by Risk Management and Patient Safety staff reveals that 62 percent of medication errors involving Medical Assistants (MA) occurred in busy primary care practices.

Burnout may result from a combination of factors according to Catherine Miller, a senior risk management and patient safety specialist for the Cooperative of American Physicians.  "Historic stressors, including medicine's culture of invincibility and the disciplined and self-sacrificing nature of many practitioners, feed into the problem," she says.  "The analogy to 'the perfect storm' is apropos."

As we look back over 2016, we can see that data breaches seem to be an inevitable risk. Medical information is especially targeted as it is rich in content with all the elements needed to steal your identity.

CAP member Standiford Helm, II, MD explores the laws and regulations that govern opioid prescriptions and how physicians can be in compliance without putting their practices on hold.