Risk Management

Comanagement of Surgical Patients: Risk Management Strategies to Ensure Patient Safety and Mitigate Liability

August 8, 2022

Dear OMIC Insureds:

Managing expectations of patients and ensuring effective communication between care providers is especially important when ophthalmologists share care of ophthalmic surgery patients with community optometrists or optometrists within their practice.

OMIC offers risk management strategies to ensure patient safety, and avoid liability risks associated with surgical comanagement, whether it takes place within a practice or outside of it. These recommendations are based upon OMIC claims experience.

Click on this link:
OMIC Risk Management Recommendations for Comanagement of Surgical Patients

If you have questions, contact us for confidential risk management advice at riskmanagement@omic.com. Or call us at 1-800-562-6642, enter 4 for Risk Management.

Sincerely,

Hans K. Bruhn, MHS
OMIC Risk Manager

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