Few attorneys were prepared to adapt to a pandemic. In today's environment lawyers have been required to chart a changing course in order to provide competent legal services to their clients. This information is intended to identify some potential effects of the pandemic on the legal profession.

This month's InBrief® is designed to help owners of medispas and aesthetic practices, as well as associated providers, address major risk factors and consistently deliver safe, high-quality care.

This edition of Professional Counsel® delves into the ethical considerations attorneys must contemplate when accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal services.

This edition of AlertBulletin^® offers seven strategies to help healthcare facilities and providers enhance the efficiency of their laboratory test reporting and follow-up procedures, as well as a range of practical risk management strategies.

This edition of AlertBulletin^® focuses on five risk control strategies to help healthcare organizations and provider protect themselves against RPM-related liabilities.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses how it is best to for attorneys to concentrate on the fundamentals of the attorney-client relationship and acting as the advocate under the parameters of a license to practice law.

In this edition of Vantage Point : Sepsis and septic shock are serious secondary consequences of infection in which a toxic response by the body affects tissue integrity and organ function (and blood pressure in the case of septic shock).

This Alert Bulletin® offers guidelines designed to make drug take-back programs both safer and more efficient focusing on basic rules and policies pilferage and tampering prevention and complaint collection and disposal practices.

This issue of Home Care Briefing focuses on the types of fires that pose the greatest danger to seniors and offers practical protective measures for clients and family members.

This edition of AlertBulletin suggests a variety of proactive measures designed to help organizations achieve a safe a smooth transition during a merger or closure.

This edition of Vantage Point® discusses how telemedicine misuse can be mitigated by implementing policies to address the risks posed by remote care, as well as modifying their procedures to better coordinate virtual and in-person modes of care.

Organizations should consider following certain protocols when selecting whom to contract with for the safe and secure transportation of goods.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the potential exposures and best practices for lawyers to consider to avoid stumbling into an unintended client engagement.

This edition of Carefully Speaking® focuses on documentation of three vital elements of care: resident assessment/examination, care/service planning and team communication.

In this edition of Carefully Speaking : Wandering and elopement are among the most serious and costly hazards for aging services organizations.

This edition of Carefully Speaking® offers recommendations that are intended to help aging services organizations evaluate and upgrade their degree pf security preparedness.

This edition of Vantage Point® offers a range of measures to retool the hospital discharge planning process and increase awareness of post-discharge care directives.

When developing a prequalification form or application the hiring contractor should consider the following.

This edition of Vantage Point provides a decision-making framework, organized around 10 questions, to help administrators, healthcare providers or practice leaders identify and address risks associated with SOP and delegation standards.

A sound pre-admission screening process is critical to minimizing liability associated with improper resident placement and retention decisions.

Conflicts of interest have constituted a leading cause of legal malpractice claims for years. Despite repeated warnings to lawyers and law firms about this risk they continue to engage in conflicts of interest.

This edition of Alertbulletin^® examines three major types of liability - privacy breaches, unauthorized social media posting and data spoliation claims - that may arise from unapproved technology use in the residential care setting.

This edition of Home Care Briefing examines the elements of a prospective client screening and assessment procedure and offers a number of suggestions to help strengthen documentation in these areas.

This edition of In Practice...with CNA identifies new reporting requirements enacted by the Corporate Transparency Act and the associated ethical considerations.

In this Professional Counsel^®, CNA has developed this guide to assist attorneys in creating documents that will enable them to better manage their interactions with potential and actual clients.

This edition of AlertBulletin is intended to help reduce risk by standardizing their wound photography practice.

Lawyers should beware of a sophisticated new hacking scam the FBI refers to as Business E-mail Compromise. Lawyers in multiple states have recently reported being victimized by this scam.

The Aging Services Claim Report includes data analysis, key findings and claim scenarios to help raise awareness of potential risk factors, as well as practical risk management considerations to help mitigate sources of potential liability.

This edition of Carefully Speaking ^®focuses on five trends - from artificial intelligence (AI) to higher resident acuity levels, to shifting care and reimbursement models - that are shaping the aging services industry of the future.

This In Practice...with CNA® defines ethical principles that govern attorneys' behavior in bankruptcy cases. These help attorneys work to avoid problems, establish strong risk management procedures and serve their clients' interests successfully. 

This edition of CareFully Speaking® addresses four areas where transparency is of critical importance: marketing resident selection billing/collection activities and interactions with family councils.

This issue of inBrief^® reviews the customary scope of urgent care services and offers risk management strategies designed to prevent or mitigate clinical lapses that may result in patient injury and consequent litigation.

Patient noncompliance including missed appointments cancelled procedures rejection of prescribed therapies frequent changing of providers and unbought or unused medications can contribute to patient injury in every type of healthcare setting.

Claims against lawyers arising from trust and estate engagements are skyrocketing in both number and severity. CNA data reveals that claim frequency is 25% higher for trust and estate representations compared to other areas of practice.

This edition of AlertBulletin lists basic risk control strategies, describes common driver-related risk factors that contribute to accidents and suggests specific countermeasures.

This edition of Alert Bulletin® is designed to aid leaders in reviewing and updating policy in this area focusing on five key steps in the decision-making process.

The following recall plan guidance can prepare your organization to act quickly in the event of a product recall.

This edition of AlertBulletin® offers strategies to help aging services operators differentiate and reinvent themselves.

This edition of AlertBulletin® examines the issue of age-related diversity in a healthcare context. It offers three basic strategies designed to keep a multi-generational workforce informed connected and engaged.

By taking time to prepare and plan for sound re-entry provisions, employers minimize chaos, foster trust in the workplace and fulfill their responsibility to safeguard employees.

Slips and falls can happen anywhere. Whether it's a visitor customer or your employee what matters most is that you implement a prevention program to increase safety and reduce liability exposures.

This inBrief explains how every healthcare facility must be vigilant in guarding against data breaches and system infiltrations, which can endanger both patient confidentiality and safety.

A summary of common fall-related allegations and preventive measures. An effective fall- and fracture-reduction program can help curb the rise in claim severity.

The drilling and fracking of oil and gas deposits in the Marcellus Shale region has created business opportunities for lawyers. However this has led to an increase in legal malpractice claims. Learn more about the potential pitfalls for lawyers practicing in fracking and oil rights.

This edition of Professional Counsel emphasizes how attorneys must be aware of how the use of ChatGPT would impact their practice, client matters and ethical concerns that may lead to allegations of legal malpractice.

This edition of In Practice...with CNA addresses key points to keep in mind when planning for your retirement from the field of law.

This edition of Carefully Speaking examines resident-on-resident sexual abuse an emerging risk that calls for a focused proactive response.

This AlertBulletin^® is intended to help reduce risk for those organizations engaged in wound photography by standardizing their digital imaging practices.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the aftermath of a data breach in law firms and how actions must be taken to protect themselves and their clients from this exposure.

Client intake should never be dismissed as an unimportant but necessary task when taking on a new client. Creating a thorough client intake process is essential in order to establish a strong foundation for an attorney-client relationship whether the relationship lasts for weeks or years.