Unsocial Consequences of Social Media on Social Workers Albert Einstein once said: “It has become exceedingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”. There are two interwoven emerging risks that impact professional liability and exposure to claims and...
Caption Corner Part 10 – The 3 N’s of Insurance As licensed practitioners, there is no doubt that you should have a professional liability insurance policy to cover you for malpractice, a cyber or data breach insurance policy to insure you for HIPAA violations...
Risk Management Helpline Experiences In the August 2016 Tip-of-the-Month article, the content referenced a landmark 1957 U.S. legal decision that merged the word “consent” with the term “informed consent” whereby medical professionals have a duty to disclose any facts...
Documentation Pointers to Avoid Liability and Malpractice “Medical Records Requests” and “Breach of Confidentiality” are the leading claims issues for social workers. These claims trigger lawsuits, licensing board inquiries, and HIPAA information breach liability,...
Negligence is Spelled More than Simply Malpractice You are an expert in your profession. As such, you are held to that specific standard of care for which you are licensed. This is the practitioner’s therapy side of the delivery service model. As a provider of...
