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.

To determine exactly what tasks the medical staff office carries out on a daily basis, the medical staff director or administrator should prepare a time-management log for each employee in the medical staff office. This should include a log of all telephone calls and every task performed daily...

Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff litigation. In the 90-minute webcast, which includes 30 minutes of Q&A, expert Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses ways to recognize issues...

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that information collected under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act (Credentials Act) is confidential but not privileged. Because of this ruling, a hospital being sued for negligent credentialing has to produce the medical staff...