“The difficulty of getting into medical school ensures that most doctors are people who naturally drive themselves very hard and demand excellence from themselves and everyone around them.”
Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, discusses the causes of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 35
I recently read a CNN article about researchers developing a surgical “black box” for the operating room, similar to those found in airplanes. The black box would use cameras to...
Arizona-based Carondelet Health Network has agreed to pay $35 million to resolve allegations that two of its hospitals submitted false claims for inpatient rehabilitation services to Medicare and other federal programs from 2004 to 2011.
A new accusation filed by the Medical Board of California, claims that Jason Lane, MD, arrived to work at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Diego with a blood alcohol content of 0.39 percent, which was nearly five times the legal driving limit.
The Iowa Board of Medicine fined plastic surgeon and hand specialist Rene F. Recinos, MD, PhD, $2,500 for performing trigger release surgery on a patient’s right ring finger instead of the right middle finger. Recinos realized his mistake, informed the patient, and performed the...
