A Louisiana Court of Appeals affirmed and amended a trial court's decision that an Alexandria, La., hospital failed to comply with its own bylaws in suspending a cardiovascular surgeon and performed its peer review process with malice.
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.
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...
Admitting fault and apologizing are skills that don't come naturally to many physicians, not because they are physicians, but because they are human, says Daniel O'Connell, PhD, master trainer and course manager at the Institute for Healthcare Communication in New Haven, Conn.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia granted a plaintiff's motion to compel discovery of a hospital's fall prevention policies, training materials, and incident reports after a patient fell while his bed sensor was turned off and suffered injuries that...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted a protective order requested by Cleveland Clinic Health Systems (Cleveland Clinic) to prevent the disclosure of certain documents in an indemnity lawsuit it filed against a nurse and staffing company. The...
Thrombosis, sclerosis, embolism-it might not require conjugating verbs, but medical terminology is a language in itself, one that often creates a barrier between physicians and patients. When the patient also doesn't speak English, communicating becomes an even bigger obstacle.
Gone are the days when physicians could claim they were board eligible, even if they finished residency training 30 years ago. Effective January 1, the ABMS has put limits on the time between when a physician finishes residency training and when he or she passes the board...
The U.S. District Court in the Western District of New York denied a hospital's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by a female physician, who claimed the hospital and its personnel subjected her to sexual harassment and discrimination in violation of Title VII of...
The Arkansas Supreme Court recently opted not to recognize negligent credentialing as a cause of action in a medical malpractice case, going against the majority of other states and causing quite a stir within the medical community.
