Tweets, Likes, and Liabilities

Electronic medical records, websites, cellphones, email, and social media have created tricky new legal problems for healthcare practices. The digital world, namely social media, offers healthcare practices a vehicle to attract patients and potential employees but also presents risk to healthcare providers. This book will give practices the knowledge and tools to reduce liabilities and provide a “roadmap” to that world.

Although physicians, practice managers, administrators, and risk managers of practices and health systems know these issues are important, there is a dizzying array of issues (and interpretation) on the Web. Staff member have difficulty in identifying areas of potential risk, lack of a strategy to address electronic risks, and lack of tools to address electronic risks.

This essential book will give you peace of mind by flagging areas of risk – and then provide guidance and templates to address the risk.

Find out what’s important, and what’s not, in this easy-to-use guide. Selected topics include:

• No more guessing: a Social Media Policy for Your Employees




• Reviewing the social media profiles of employment candidates? We'll give you state by state guidelines.




• Train Your Employees on Cyber Security Basics




• Don't Let Your Website Turn Into a Law Suit




• The only Mobile Device Policy you'll need




• How you can be hacked through your website, “Contact Us” feature.




•  “I know the perfect guy for you. He put together the website for our church.” How to select a website designer




• The skinny on SSL Certificates and why you need one




• Who Owns the Content in our website?




• Patient photos on your site




• Astroturfing – Fake Reviews, Real Consequences




• Are generic HIPAA training models enough?




• Focus on the Biggest Cyber Risks First – we'll give you the roadmap




• BONUS! Templates for your mobile device policy, social media policy, business associate agreement, photo and video release, plus others!