The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a §1983 civil rights claim brought by a U.S. Army physician resulting from an allegedly inappropriate report of a medical malpractice claim to the NPDB.
According to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), disciplinary actions against physicians have risen 6.8% nationwide. The number of prejudicial actions (including license suspensions, revocations, and probations) rose 4.1%, from 4,798 in 2010 to 4,996 in 2011, while...
Each year new technology emerges that changes the way physicians and surgeons perform procedures. The use of cutting-edge equipment has increased the quality of patient care by allowing more procedures to be done with minimally invasive techniques, and made previously complex or...
On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated 5-4 decision, upholding President Obama's healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although much of the commentary that followed revolved around the politics of funding, taxation, and requirements for...
Given that today's culture is fully immersed in technology, it is easy to assume that any information you might need can be found with a few clicks. Occasionally, however, a few clicks can turn into an hours-long search-and in the world of medical staff services, it seems this...
Only about half of the states consider it unethical and illegal to self-prescribe controlled substances or to prescribe them to family members, and most states do not address self-treatment or the treatment of family members. That means it is up to individual hospitals to prevent practitioners...