Negligent hiring or retention: is your organization at risk?

Healthcare organizations can be held liable for hiring agencies to provide healthcare professionals or for contracting independent contractors who are not qualified or competent to perform their duties, have past histories that would preclude them from being hired by other organizations, or have fraudulent education or impersonation of a licensed professional. Although the hiring company may vet the potential new hire, it is the final duty of the healthcare organization to validate the information obtained from the agencies or third-party vendors to show due diligence as they would for any permanent hire.