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2015
- Vol. 12 No. 3
  - Last Issue of Risk Rx: Announcement of a new Peer-Reviewed Journal
  - Palliative Care: A specialty that has come into its own
  - Advance Directives: A Short Primer
  - Starting a Medical Practice
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- Vol. 12 No. 2
  - Fixing Fumbled Handoffs: Let’s not drop the ball!
  - The Handoff: A Critical Point of Vulnerability
  - Transitions of Care: The need for a more effective approach to continuing patient care
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- Vol. 12 No. 1
  - Small-Scale Grant Awards Programs: Professional Liability Insurance Partnerships with Providers Aim to Reduce Claims and Improve Patient Safety
  - Keeping Up with HIPAA
  - NICA – Florida’s Innovative Alternative to Costly Litigation
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2014
- Vol. 11 No. 4
  - Optimizing Physician-Nurse Communication in the Emergency Department
  - The Pivotal Role of Communication in Healthcare Reform and Risk Reduction
  - Communication Tips in the Trauma Setting
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- Vol. 11 No. 3
  - Minimizing Diagnostic Error: 10 Things You Could Do Tomorrow
  - Surgical Team Debriefing and Follow-Up: Creating an Efficient, Positive Operating Room Environment to Improve Patient Safety
  - Veterinary Medicine and the Law: How to Provide Good Care and Protect Yourself... Part III: Veterinary Records
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- Vol. 11 No. 2
  - Florida Fine Tunes its Definition of “Expert.”
  - Tips on Being an Effective Witness at Deposition
  - Veterinary Medicine and the Law: How to Provide Good Care and Protect Yourself in the Process. Part II: Medical Records
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- Vol. 11 No. 1
  - Managing Behavior and Eliminating Harm: Moving Towards a Just and Safe Culture
  - Correcting Errors In the Electronic Medical Record
  - Veterinary Medicine and the Law: How to Provide Good Care and Protect Yourself in the Process. Part I: Informed Consent
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2013
- Vol. 10 No. 4
  - Integrity of the Healthcare Record: Best Practices for EHR Documentation
  - Intimidation and Retaliation: The Challenge to get Resident Physicians to Report Medical Errors
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- Vol. 10 No. 3
  - The July Eﬀect
  - Coping with a Medical Malpractice Suit
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- Vol. 10 No. 2
  - Conflict in the Health Care Workplace
  - Florida Supreme Court Prohibits Physician Discussions with Attorneys
  - The Team Concept: Who’s Got Your Back?
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- Vol. 10 No. 1
  - How Is Your Bedside Manner?
  - Use of Presuit Voluntary Binding Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Process in Medical Malpractice Cases
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2012
- Vol. 9 No. 4
  - Potential Long Lasting Repercussions of Medicaid Audits
  - Second Victims: To Forgive, Divine.
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- Vol. 9 No. 3
  - Mandatory Presuit Mediation: Local Malpractice Reform Benefiting Patients and Health Care Providers
  - How the Good Samaritan Act Can Minimize the Potential for Claims in the Emergency Room
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- Vol. 9 No. 2
  - Medical Malpractice- When Does it Become a Crime? A Historical Review
  - Operating Room Or Concert Hall?
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- Vol. 9 No. 1
  - In the Shadows of Patient Safety Addressing Diagnostic Errors in Clinical Practice
  - NICA Cares
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2011
- Vol. 8 No. 4
  - DOH: Prevalent Disciplinary Actions Concerning Dentists
  - Reducing Liability in Complex Cases
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- Vol. 8 No. 3
  - DOH: Prevalent Disciplinary actions for Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
  - Formula for Improved Patient Care: Teamwork + Communication
  - University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute: A Unique Cancer Treatment and Research Center
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- Vol. 8 No. 2
  - The Three "P" 's: A Common Liability Problem
  - The Power of the Partnership: Engage, Enlighten and Empower
  - Communicating Adverse Events: The Art of Apologizing Without Admitting Liability
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- Vol. 8 No. 1
  - The Electronic Health Record: Keeping the Illegible From Becoming the Illogical
  - A View From The Trenches: Discovery Issues E-Medical Records
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2010
- Vol. 7 No. 4
  - Three Strikes Rule: Almost Six years; Discernible Impact?
  - The Radiation Overdose Sentinel Event
  - For Doctors Scrawl- Handwritings on the Walls
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- Vol. 7 No. 3
  - Breaches of Unsecured PHI After HITECH
  - Overcoming Prescribing Errors Not a Bitter Pill
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- Vol. 7 No. 2
  - The Journey From Patient To Plaintiff
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- Vol. 7 No. 1
  - Robotic Surgery
  - Infection Prevention in 2010
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2009
- Vol. 6 No. 4
  - Preventing Medical Identity Theft
  - Legal Case Study: Florida Department of Corrections v. Lisa M. Abril
  - HIPPA - Privacy Regulatory Updates
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- Vol. 6 No. 3
  - Telemedicine and Its Liability Implications
  - Sovereign Immunity – A Primer For The UF Health Care Provider
  - Patient Non-Compliance— A Powerful Legal Defense
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- Vol. 6 No. 2
  - WHO & The Surgical Care Outcomes Assessment Program Checklist
  - Fundamentals of the Marchman Act
  - Cyber Doctors
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- Vol. 6 No. 1
  - Preventing Wrong Site Surgery
  - Frequent Board of Medicine Disciplinary Actions
  - Credentialing for New Procedures
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2008
- Vol. 5 No. 4
  - Minimizing the Legal Risk With 'Curbside' Consultation
  - Following the Patient Rights of Medication Administration: Are These Enough to Guarantee Patient Safety?
  - Partnering with Patients
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- Vol. 5 No. 3
  - Baker Act Basics
  - Exercising Restraint
  - Case Reviews Involving Restraints and Seclusion of Involuntarily Committed Patients
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- Vol. 5 No. 2
  - The Physician's Best Defense and Malpractice
  - The Florida Supreme Court Rules on Amendment 7
  - Good Care Bad Documentation
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- Vol. 5 No. 1
  - Falls in the Acute Care Setting
  - ARNP and PA Scope of Practice
  - Legal Case Review: The Disruptive Physician
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2007
- Vol. 4 No. 4
  - What's in Your Emails?
  - About NICA
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- Vol. 4 No. 3
  - Clinical Care and The Chain of Command
  - Chart Documentation of Patients Leaving Without Being Seen or Against Medical Advice
  - Learn How to Mitigate Hospital and Personal Risk by Participation in a Simulated Negligence Lawsuit
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- Vol. 4 No. 2
  - Starting a Medical Practice
  - Legal Case Review: St. Anthony Hospital v. U.S. D. H. H. S., (10th Cir. 2002)
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- Vol. 4 No. 1
  - Consent Issues for Minors in Florida
  - Medication Safety-High Priority
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2006
- Vol. 3 No. 4
  - Florida's Good Samaritan Act
  - Amendment 7 Update
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- Vol. 3 No. 3
  - Amendment 8: Its Impact Still Unknown
  - License Not Required to Practice Risk Management
  - Legal Case Review
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- Vol. 3 No. 2
  - Sovereign Immunity - A Primer for the UF Health Care Provider
  - Legal Case Review: In the Matter of Baby “K” (4th Cir. 1994)
  - Risk Reduction Strategies
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- Vol. 3 No. 1
  - Critical Processes for Preventing Wrong Site Surgery
  - Universal Protocol Compliance Q&A’s
  - Simulation Team Training- A Proactive Approach to Risk Reduction
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2005
- Vol. 2 No. 4
  - Strategies for Shift Hand-off
  - Resident Tips: Applying for Hospital Staff Privileges
  - Legal Case Review: Emergency Restriction of the License of Arnaldo Carmouze, PA, by the Department of Health.
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- Vol. 2 No. 3
  - Legal Implications & Ethical Considerations of Do Not Resuscitate
  - The SKINny on Pressure Ulcer Prevention
  - Legal Case Review: Jeanette Wright v. Johns Hopkins Health Systems Corporation
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- Vol. 2 No. 2
  - HIPAA Final Security Regulations
  - “What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate.”
  - Golden Rules of Chart Documentation
  - Legal Case Review: John Insinga v. Michelle LaBella
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- Vol. 2 No. 1
  - Managing Disclosure of Adverse Events
  - How Is Your Bedside Manner?
  - Saying “Goodbye” To A Patient Without Saying “Hello” To A Lawsuit: A Primer On Patient Dismissal
  - Florida Cares & C.A.P.
  - Legal Case Review: Fernando Jimenez M.D. v. Department of Professional Regulation Board of Medicine
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2004
- Vol. 1 No. 1
  - Editors Welcome - UF SIP History
  - DOH Practitioner Investigation- What to Expect
  - Tips on Being an Effective Witness at Deposition
  - Legal Case Review: Anne Marie Nolen v. Boca Raton Community Hospital
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