The New England Journal of Medicine performed a thorough analysis of a provider’s chance of being sued for malpractice. Overall, the study authors said, 75 percent of physicians practicing in a low-risk specialty will have been sued by age 65 and 19 percent will have made an indemnity payment. For those in the high-risk specialties, 99 percent will have been sued by age 65, and 71 percent will have lost. While legal action is now more or less a part of the medical profession, a well-documented record is often a clinician’s best defense. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have found that the hardest claims to prove are ones where the clinical record is well-documented.  In this presentation you will learn what exactly plaintiffs' attorneys are looking for when determining whether a professional liability claim is worth pursuing.  Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number 12205 for 1 contact hours.This meeting has been approved for 1 contact hour of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow) and towards CPHRM renewal.