About MRM

Advances in medical technology, changes in healthcare financing and delivery structures as well as demographic shifts are resulting in the need for physicians, hospitals and other healthcare organizations to constantly update their knowledge base and modify their risk management systems and programs. MRM was established to support healthcare provider's and administrator's efforts in these areas.

MRM is dedicated exclusively to health care risk assessment and the development and implementation of systematic solutions for hospitals, physician groups and medical malpractice insurers seeking to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice losses through disciplined, process driven risk management programs.

MRM employs a progressive and multidisciplinary approach to risk evaluation/analysis. MRM designs customized and practical solutions for its clients.

Unique to MRM is its primary focus on medical malpractice risk management. MRM's team incorporates skills in the following areas:

1. Medical/Legal - MRM's team of malpractice defense lawyers collectively bring over 70 years of medical malpractice legal defense for hospitals, long term care facilities and physicians in virtually every specialty area,
   
   
2. Risk management - MRM's team includes an extensive experience base in hospital, physician group, and long term care risk management and education;
   
   
3. Institutional and Group Practice operational experience;
   
   
4. Professional Liability Insurance Underwriting; and
   
   
5. Knowledge of Information Technology solutions that can be deployed to support risk management programs.
   

MRM's process involves risk assessment, findings and recommendations, and program implementation. MRM's risk management solutions typically involve the following:

1. Extensive, specialty specific education on medical malpractice exposures and risk management;
   
   
2. Process oriented solutions;
   
   
3. Leveraging technology to reduce risk management labor costs; and
   
   
4. Ongoing evaluation and feedback mechanisms.

Properly implemented, MRM's risk management programs assist clients in achieving the following results:

1. Reduction in malpractice losses as a consequence of reduced volume of claims and increased level of defensibility of claims that are filed;
   
   
2. A more efficient safety oriented environment for patients, physicians and clinical staff;
   
   
3. Improved underwriting accuracy and reserve adequacy; and
   
   
4. Improved patient safety and satisfaction.