A white paper from the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum identifies communication and systems-based practice as the two weakest core competencies for physicians. Surprise? Not really.
Having personal conversations in the hallways and making fun of other physicians to colleagues were among the most common unprofessional behaviors identified by hospitalists in a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in May. The 77 participating hospitalists...
Almost every hospital employs physicians and expects to employ more in the future. Many hospitals have established service lines, and some of these have morphed into service line comanagement arrangements. Many hospitals have turned to more traditional business arrangements,...
In July it was revealed that two New Mexico surgeons were involved in nearly 80 malpractice lawsuits after performing back surgeries that only one of the surgeons was qualified to perform.
