title: Insuring healthcare organizations against environmental liability.
abstract: Healthcare organizations' profitability can be severely affected by an environmental incident for which the organization is liable. Environmental insurance can help healthcare organizations protect their businesses. Healthcare organizations often purchase a standard pollution and remediation expenses, expenses related to bodily injury and property damage, and legal expenses. Insurance policies also can be tailored to meet an organization's specific types of environmental-liability exposure.
authors.affiliation: ECS, Inc., Exton, Pennsylvania, USA. susavidm@ecsinc.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Susavidge
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States