The Los Angeles Country Department of Health’s computers were recently the target of a cyberattack, but its operations were not affected. The department found ransomware—malware that locks access to files until a ransom is paid—on five of its computers.
Through the grapevine, the medical staff services department (MSSD) hears that Dr. Young is no longer with the organization. The department has received no official notification of this. There are rumors and innuendos that she had problems, and they know the president of the medical staff gave...
How many stacks of papers are currently on your desk? How much time do you spend searching through mounds of paper looking for one specific document? How much time and money does your department spend preparing and mailing documents each month? How much time do you spend filing papers, printing...
HCPro's annual MSP Salary Survey asks respondents to name the entities that accredit their organization. Since 2012, the percentage of respondents who have selected DNV GL has doubled, from 4% of respondents to 8% in 2015. DNV GL entered the accreditation fray in 2008, when it was granted...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
The Fifth District Appellate Court of Florida (the “Court”) recently upheld a trial court’s decision that a meeting of a hospital’s medical executive committee (MEC) was protected by the state’s peer review privilege. The Court also affirmed the trial court ruling that a related general medical...
