- We believe that every medical-legal dilemma should be approached by starting with the best interest of the patient.
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- We believe that the law should serve patient care, rather than patient care serving the law.
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- We believe that the physician should be empowered at the bedside.
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- We believe that the law is regularly over-interpreted in ways that unnecessarily compromise the practice of medicine.
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- We believe that the law is determined by prevailing court opinion and statute, rather than by outlying cases and dissenting opinions.
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- We believe that jury verdicts are merely conclusions as to the facts of one case and thus do not set legal precedent.
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- We believe that any risk management strategy that compromises patient care is wrong.
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- We believe that every HIPAA issue can be resolved by simply behaving in a professional manner.
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- We believe that the adage "document, document, document" does more harm than good.
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- We believe that only individuals who have been at the bedside are suited to make recommendations as to how things should be done at the bedside.
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