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• Hotline Question: Speaking to a Patient’s Attorney?
  

  Q: My patient is involved in a lawsuit and wants me to speak to her attorney. Do I have to? A: Unless you have received a subpoena for a deposition, you are not required to speak to the patient’s attorney. In general, OMIC recommends that you respectfully decline such a request. Too often, physicians who […]

• Handling Disruptive Patients
  

  While ophthalmic practice presents many rewarding experiences, it is a sad fact that in every aspect of life we sometimes must deal with unreasonable, disruptive, disrespectful, or even dangerous persons. It is important to remember that ophthalmologists and staff members can never expect to completely control or influence patient behavior. However, in those rare instances when […]

• Tweeting During Eye Surgery?
  

  The idea of communicating with the “outside world” directly from the operating room is not new. Ophthalmologists, surgery centers and hospitals have allowed messaging in the form of texts, phone calls, and emails from the ophthalmic operating room for many years. Since the 1990′s some ophthalmologists have even performed ophthalmic surgeries such as LASIK in conjunction with […]

• OMIC Participates in PDR Drug Alert Network
  

  As a partner in the PDR Drug Alert Network, OMIC encourages our policyholders to sign up for this free service today. PDR Drug Alerts offer immediate, electronic delivery of FDA-approved, specialty-specific Drug Alerts and safety information for OMIC policyholders, and are aggregated on PDR.net® for convenient review.Register today at www.OMIC.pdr.net to receive up-to-date, ongoing delivery of important product […]