Cyber liability is the legal responsibility businesses and individuals can be held accountable for, for damages caused by data breaches and cyber-attacks. This can include expenses like credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and legal fees. It can also cover lost income if customers stop doing business with you because their personal information was compromised in a data breach.
How Technology Can Enhance Your Healthcare Organization’s Online Presence
Technology has become an integral part of our lives. We use it for entertainment, communication, and work. Technology can also be used to help enhance your healthcare organization's online presence. In this blog post, we will discuss how technology tools such as Calendly, Zoom, Jasper, Otter, and Mailchimp can improve your online presence and awareness.
How to Improve Accountability for Lost or Missing Patient Property
Opportunities of becoming a Medical Director and the business behind it
Physicians and surgeons have many opportunities to utilize their licenses and education in the healthcare space. Doctors have the opportunity to work hands-on in their specialty, the faculty in an educational setting as an attending physician, or even as a medical director providing administrative and or supervisory duties to mid-level and advanced-level practitioners.
California’s New MICRA and How It Will Impact California Physicians
The Basics of Medical Malpractice Insurance in 2023
Medical malpractice insurance, also known as medical professional liability insurance, protects healthcare professionals from being sued for damages if they are accused of negligent medical care. The insurance covers the cost of defending the lawsuit and any damages that may be awarded to the patient.
How to Get Higher Cyber Limits When You Need Them the Most
If there's any term that strikes fear in the hearts of risk managers and many brokers alike, it's cyber. Not only is the landscape of cyber risk evolving and changing by the day, but comprehensive coverage against cyberattacks, ransomware, and other threats has gone from a nice-to-have add-on to a foundational part of enterprise risk management.
A Healthcare Professional Liability Forecast: Medical Services Sector
As 2021 comes to a close, I wanted to provide you with a healthcare professional liability (HPL) forecast for the medical services industry. The HPL space has been in a firming trend for nearly two years now, and that trend will continue. The next six to twelve months will be challenging, and Ethos is ready for it.
Common Pandemic-Related Questions About your Malpractice Insurance
COVID-19: How to Address Your Staff and Patient Concerns
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the world, the level of uncertainty is constantly increasing. And while there is much to consider for medical practices, one particular area that requires extra attention during this time is the welfare of your staff and your patients. In a time of crisis like this, it’s important to remember and recognize the basic mission that the practice was created upon: To keep people healthy. This is one of the important things to keep in mind as you make any upcoming decisions.
Key Points About Your Medical Malpractice Insurance Your Agent Should Tell You
Medical Malpractice Insurance covers physicians’ and healthcare professionals’ liability arising from disputed services that result in a patient's injury or death. Searching for Medical Malpractice Insurance in 2020 can sometimes be challenging but finding the right broker or agent is paramount in the proper mitigation of your practice’s liabilities. Here are some key points about your medical malpractice insurance quotes that your agent should tell you.
The Very Basics of Malpractice Insurance
How to get medical malpractice coverage for telemedicine, Telehealth, teletherapy
Steps to Take When Handling Closures and Layoffs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many physician practices are trying to figure out how to handle their contracts with their employed physician(s) and staff. Not all practices have been required to close but many have canceled or postponed elective procedures and non-emergency visits. Even those who are still continuing to practice and offer patient services are experiencing considerable reductions in the number of patient visits and revenue.
Who Pays For Medical Malpractice Insurance?
Ways in Which Telemedicine Protects Practices and Patients
As we continue the fight against the spread of infection of COVID19, telehealth visits are becoming an increasingly indispensable tool. Physicians are able to treat more patients without having to sacrifice the quality of care while also reducing the risk of spreading communicable diseases like COVID19. Additional benefits of using telemedicine services include providing patients with easier access to care, providing efficiencies as well as flexibility in schedules.
