As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the healthcare industry is understandably fraught with unease and uncertainty. This, coupled with the ubiquity of social media, creates challenges for healthcare providers facing public...more
8/6/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Defamation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
First Amendment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Online Reviews ,
Physicians ,
Reputation Management ,
Social Media ,
Vendors
Any avid watcher of medical dramas would tell you that a hospital always has the ability to cut ties with any doctor who is not up to snuff. (For podcast fans we highly recommend Dr. Death.) They would tell you this is...more
2/11/2019
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Best Practices ,
Business & Professions Code ,
Damages ,
Due Process ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Lost Earnings ,
Medical Errors ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Notice Requirements ,
Patient Safety ,
Peer Review ,
Physicians ,
Professional Disciplinary Actions ,
Quality of Care Standards ,
Work Suspensions
In a somewhat unusual ruling last week, a California Court of Appeal announced that its previous February 2015 decision in the case of Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, which partially invalidated healthcare...more
3/7/2017
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Health Care Providers ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Labor Code ,
Nurses ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Orders ,
Waivers
Employer reports of bigoted or inappropriate comments made by customers to employees or other patrons have become increasingly common for employers in all industries. In the healthcare industry, this often takes the form of a...more
Hospitals, residential-care facilities, home-health agencies, and other employers in the healthcare industry often subcontract labor through outside vendors to fill positions like travel nurses, security guards, and janitors....more