title: Now that we own it, what do I do with it? Identifying risk management issues in acquired physician practices.
abstract: Healthcare risk managers now have responsibility for identifying and managing the unique exposures of the physician's office practice. This article focuses on exposures related to general communication systems and functions including telephone routing systems, voice mail, faxing, e-mail, and more, which can be found in the clinic environment.
authors.affiliation: Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona, Phoenix, USA.
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authors.lastname: Mouse-Young
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007318:Inservice Training; D020407:Internet; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D020443:Practice Valuation and Purchase; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States