In Part III of our Healthcare Matters interview series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we ask Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., how common a problem ransomware attacks are for hospitals. Though it is difficult to determine exact numbers, as many hospitals and other organizations will not disclose when […]

In Part II of our Healthcare Matters series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we continue our conversation with Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., with a discussion of the risks and harms associated with a hospital being unable to access its computer system. Mr. Andre identifies two main risks: […]

Cyber-security is of increasing concern to all types of businesses, and healthcare providers are no exception. Following recent ransomware attacks on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and other hospitals around the country, Healthcare Matters sat down with Tom Andre, Vice President for Information Services at the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP) to discuss what happened and […]

A recent attack on the video-messaging service Snapchat brings to light a new danger that healthcare providers should be aware of. Snapchat, which now boasts 8 billion video views each day, was the victim of a phishing attack called the CEO Fraud. In a CEO Fraud attack, hackers impersonate a company’s CEO in an email […]

by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor Consumer demand for convenience, access and affordability is changing how episodic-care and preventative medicine is delivered in the United States. A novelty 15 years ago, today there are more than 3,000 convenient care clinics in the United States, most located within the nation’s largest big-box retail outlets. […]

Cunningham Group, the nation’s largest independent agency representing medical malpractice insurance products, announced today the launch of Healthcare Matters, a new internet television program that explores the intersection of healthcare practice, the business of medicine and the law. Healthcare Matters can be located at https://www.cunninghamgroupins.com/all-md/healthcare-matters. Hosted by Michael Matray—editor of Medical Liability Monitor, the medical […]

We knew it was bound to happen. Patients now say that they want to communicate with their physician via Facebook. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that we have often talked about how important it is to thoughtfully and carefully use and manage electronic communication (especially social media) in a […]

AAP News, the official Newsmagazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics, just had a great article about the med mal insurance needs of pediatricians. These days, fewer and fewer pediatricians are opening their own, independent private practices. Many pediatricians today are working either as employees or as independent contractors for larger practices or health systems. […]

Most physicians and small practices often don’t give marketing much thought. After all, the days are already long and there is more than enough work each day just trying to stay on top of the basics: patient care, medical records and billing. But, with the ever-growing number of online outlets for patients to provide reviews […]