Resource Library
The Resource Library is a compendium of consent forms, risk management recommendations, sample documents, articles, and other risk management materials to promote ophthalmic patient safety and reduce liability. Contact riskmanagement@omic.com with questions.
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Jan 8, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
Notify patients if they need to find a new ophthalmologist when you retire or leave a practice.
Oct 23, 2020
| Sample Letter or Form
Confirm the patient's decision to discontinue care due to an inability to pay a deductible or co-payment.
Nov 14, 2023
| Sample Letter or Form
Inform patients of the potential consequences when they miss or cancel an appointment without rescheduling.
Nov 14, 2023
| Sample Letter or Form
If your patient refuses recommended treatment, testing, or referral, notify them of your concerns and document their understanding of the consequences with this sample letter and refusal form.
Oct 11, 2013
| Sample Letter or Form
Use this form to comply with Florida law on comanagement.
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Oct 9, 2014
| Consent Form
Oct 9, 2014
| Consent Form
Dec 1, 2002
| Consent Form
Oct 9, 2014
| Consent Form
Aug 15, 2018
| Article
Physician burnout has become one of the most serious problems in healthcare. Doctors who reported at least one major symptom of burnout were more than twice as likely to report a major medical error within the previous 3 months.
Jan 9, 2015
| Article
The analysis of informed consent claims presented in the lead article indicates that patients often don’t understand the planned surgery. Health literacy experts suggest that the use of “plain language” can help. It will also discuss why changes to the informed consent process need to be made with care.
Aug 14, 2020
| Risk Management Bulletin
In order for OMIC to provide the most accurate invoice at the time of renewal, we encourage policyholders to complete their risk management courses 75 days or more prior to the actual renewal effective date of the policy.
Sep 22, 2015
| Case Study
This case highlights the importance of communication with other healthcare providers. The ophthalmologist, internist, and neurologist did not effectively communicate with each other and did a substandard job of coordinating this patient’s care.
Jan 8, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
When retiring or leaving a practice, use this form to document the patient's request to have someone outside the practice perform their postoperative follow-up care.
Jan 8, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
When retiring or leaving a practice, use this form to to document the patient's understanding that another provider within the practice will provide their postoperative follow-up care.
Aug 17, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
This form contains the information OMIC recommends you or a designated representative of your staff discuss with the parent/legal guardian of a minor patient.
Aug 15, 2014
| Article
As the lead article explains, recent guidelines have helped clarify that patients cannot be “cleared” for surgery and that the purpose of the preoperative evaluation is to identify risks that need to be managed during the perioperative period. This Hotline article will address common questions about performing preoperative history and physical exams (H&Ps).
Nov 2, 2020
| Recommendation
This analysis provides information to guide decision making about the preoperative medical assessment.
Jul 10, 2023
| Risk Management Bulletin
Analysis of errors and near misses reveal how systems and protocols failed and allowed the event to happen; it also reveals how organizational culture may have contributed. Use the findings of such analyses to improve safety protocols.
Jan 3, 2017
| Consent Form
Apr 13, 2023
| Sample Protocol
OMIC recommends that all practices that work with optometrists (whether employees, independent contractors, or participants of a call group) have a written protocol. OMIC requires such a protocol as a condition of coverage if the optometrist handles after-hour calls.
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Aug 14, 2020
| Article
Increased sophistication of cyber criminals, a growing base of connected devices (aka “the attack surface”), and human vulnerability all contribute to an environment rife with cyber security risk that continues to be exploited by criminal actors.
Oct 12, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
Our referral form for the patient gives the urgency of the referral, the reason for it, and who should schedule the appointment.
Oct 12, 2024
| Sample Letter or Form
Send this referral form to the other physician to explain the reason for and urgency of the referral and the input requested.
Feb 28, 2014
| Video
In the following 7-part YouTube video series Reflections on a Professional Liability Lawsuit: A Personal Perspective, former OMIC Chairman John W Shore, MD, talks about being the target of a professional liability claim.
Apr 16, 2012
| Consent Form
Oct 5, 2022
| Recommendation
Refractive surgery risk concerns include indications for surgery, patient selection, preoperative evaluation, off-label use, informed consent process, and immediate sequential bilateral surgery.
Sep 6, 2024
| Consent Form
Dec 11, 2020
| Consent Form
Nov 9, 2016
| Consent Form
Dec 7, 2021
| Risk Management Bulletin
OMIC encourages its policyholders to communicate honestly and compassionately with their patients about unanticipated outcomes, including an open discussion regarding requests for refunds. Risk management recommendations are available.
Oct 23, 2020
| Recommendation
From a risk management and patient safety perspective, if you are not sure if what you are doing constitutes research, or if there is any element of research in the procedure or practice, you should consult with your local Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Nov 29, 2022
| Article
Find Human Resources assistance for your practice.
Jan 6, 2023
| Risk Management Bulletin
The HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patients the right to request amendments to their medical record.
Jun 26, 2019
| Risk Management Bulletin
Our Risk Management Hotline routinely receives calls from insureds asking how they should respond to reviews on social media and physician rating sites. Whether the reviews are positive or negative it is important to have a planned approach for responding.
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Oct 9, 2014
| Consent Form
Dec 9, 2020
| Consent Form
Oct 6, 2014
| Consent Form
Aug 1, 2024
| Risk Management Bulletin
We would like to provide you with an update on the use of biosimilars to treat ROP.
Oct 29, 2014
| Article
Warning letters from the OHRP and FDA, together with OMIC malpractice claims and public hearings on the subject, provide valuable insights into the risks of clinical research and how to better manage those risks.
Apr 1, 2022
| Article
This document summarizes the conditions of coverage that appear in the ROP application; see that application for a complete discussion of the requirements.
Apr 1, 2022
| Sample Letter or Form
Notify parents/caregivers of the need for ongoing ROP exams following discharge from the hospital.
Apr 1, 2022
| Recommendation
This ROP Safety Net Toolkit addresses hospital-based ROP care when treatment will be provided elsewhere. It contains sample protocols, which may need to be customized, and refers to ROP clinical care guidelines.
Apr 1, 2022
| Recommendation
This ROP Safety Net Toolkit addresses screening and treatment in the hospital. It contains sample protocols, which may need to be customized, and refers to ROP clinical care guidelines.
Mar 9, 2023
| Consent Form