Physicians have embraced ambient documentation faster than almost any technology before it. But every note it writes carries your signature, and lawyers, auditors and patients are starting to read those notes closely.
|Articles|November 10, 2014
The 2014 productivity survey-medical malpractice premiums
Five-year trends in malpractice premiums broken out by a variety of categories
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The tables below show the percentages of survey respondents seeing increases and decreases in their 2013 malpractice premiums and five-year trends broken out by type of practice, geographic region, type of community, and number of hours worked.
The tables below show five-year trends in malpractice premiums broken out by age, number of years in practice, and practice size in terms of number of physician providers and patients.
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