Our Risk Management Department is staffed by experienced professionals with legal and clinical backgrounds.

This combination provides our client with assistance from staff who have a thorough understanding of both the clinical situation and the legal issues and their implications. Our programs and services include:
 · Risk identification
 · Risk reduction
 · Loss prevention
 · Risk management education

We identify and implement sound risk management services to help you avoid potential incidents and lawsuits.

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The Psychiatrists' Program
1515 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22209-2404
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This collection of articles, assembled by The Program's expert risk management team, addresses many of the topics crucial to psychiatry. Don't be vulnerable -- know how to protect your practice.

· New World of Communication Raises Concerns for M.D.s (Psychiatric News)
· Working with Violent and Potentially Violent Individuals
· Legal and Risk Management Concerns Relating to the Use of Non-FDA Approved Drugs
· Avoiding Breach of Confidentiality When a Patient Attempts or Successfully Commits Suicide
· An Ounce of Prevention Now Will Pay Off Later For Psychiatrists, Their Practices
· Keeping Risk Management Current with Electronic Devices
· Keeping Duties Straight in Alternatives to Direct Patient Care
· Split Treatment: Does Managed Care Change the Risk to Psychiatrists?
· Communications Technology Can Be Mixed Blessing
· Malpractice Insurance: There Might Be Less There Than You Think
· Residents Advised on How to Prevent Malpractice Suits
· Program Resource: State Statutes
· Special Feature: Risk Management Pop Quiz