Telemedicine visits have become increasingly common across medical specialties since the COVID-19 pandemic. While this kind of healthcare has its pluses and minuses, creating unique telemedicine malpractice insurance coverage risks. Let’s examine the telemedicine malpractice insurance coverage you need to make sure you, your practice, and your financial security are protected. What is Telehealth Medical
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Legalities of Telemedicine: Unpacking Malpractice Coverage Requirements
In our post-pandemic world, telemedicine has rapidly emerged as a necessity rather than a convenience. As more and more patients opt for the flexibility and immediacy of virtual healthcare, healthcare providers are adapting to meet these needs. However, with this new frontier of healthcare delivery comes unique risks, including the potential for medical malpractice claims.
READ MORETop Five Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Telemedicine Malpractice Insurance
Choosing telemedicine medical malpractice insurance is one of the most important decisions you can make as a healthcare provider. The right policy limits, affordable rates and deductibles and other factors impact how well your telemedicine insurance protects you. In this blog, we will investigate the top five mistakes to avoid when choosing telemedicine medical malpractice
READ MORETelemedicine Malpractice Claims: Understanding the Problems and Trends
Telemedicine has come to the forefront of the patient and provider communities. As with all care delivery methods, televisits via tablet, phone, or computer have medical malpractice risks. Proper standards of medical care must be followed just as with in-person visits. But what are the unique problems telemedicine is creating for providers? Let’s learn more
READ MOREReasons to Invest in Telehealth Malpractice Insurance
Five years ago, who would have thought telemedicine care would skyrocket, becoming a frequently used assessment and patient-provider communication method? Yet, this reality creates unique liability risks for healthcare providers in every medical specialty. Let’s look at why protecting your practice with telehealth malpractice insurance is so important. Why Healthcare Providers Should Invest in Telehealth
READ MOREUnderstanding the Risks and Liability in Telehealth Practice
Telehealth medicine is intended to provide more convenience and accessibility to the patient. With its dramatic increase in usage and popularity through the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth visits across medical specialties remain in high demand. Let’s explore the risks and liability involved in telehealth practice. Medical Care Involves Risks and Liability In the best circumstances and
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Telemedicine is today’s unique way to communicate with your physician and receive diagnosis and treatment advice through information technology devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Allowing physicians and other providers to deliver services, answer questions, and keep in touch with patients, telemedicine can create serious liability problems, just as inpatient medical visits can. So, medical
READ MOREGet the Most Out of Your Telemedicine Malpractice Coverage
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Telemedicine, or Telehealth as it is also known, has become a growing trend in healthcare. Telehealth was a reliable form of providing care prior to the pandemic, but it was normally a very small part of a provider’s practice. But as physicians and patients became more comfortable with Telemedicine, it has
READ MOREWhy Do You Need Malpractice Insurance For Telemedicine?
Protecting yourself from liability is one of the most important things you should do as a physician when changing your practice or starting to provide an additional service. Thanks to modern technology, patients who cannot physically visit their doctor can now receive diagnoses, treatment advice, and prescriptions via telemedicine. This raises an interesting question –
READ MORETelehealth is a Medical Malpractice Insurance Risk
Practicing medicine online through video chats or by phone call is risky. Although the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of Telehealth into prominence in the last few years, it still has inherent risks that need to be avoided, reduced, or insured against. The main concerns are medical malpractice claims for undiagnosed or misdiagnosed conditions, HIPAA
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