The vast majority of physicians aren't troublemakers, but bad behavior clearly isn't an isolated problem. There have been cases of physicians throwing objects in the operating room, yelling and hitting patients, and sexual abuse, the Association of Health Care Journalists reported recently—yet...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
Physicians in Virginia mocked an unconscious colonoscopy patient, joking that he had syphilis and talking about firing a gun up his rectum, says a man whose cellphone allegedly captured audio of the entire affair. Plaintiff D.B. sued Safe Sedation LLC and Safe Sedation Management in Fairfax...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
Cardiologist Robert Graor lost his Ohio license to practice medicine in 1995 and was sentenced to three years in jail, after being convicted of embezzling more than $1 million. He regained his license following his release, but then lost it a second time in 2003.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
HCPro’s Physician Profile Reporter is a customized software program that compiles all sources of physician performance data into one database, enabling MSPs to generate reliable performance reports that can be easily distributed to each medical staff member—without busting the budget.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, upheld a trial court judgment and four pretrial orders relating to a patient's claims of medical malpractice and medical battery against physicians, and independent claims against a hospital...
In what may ultimately become an influential decision, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in February that changes the way physician whistleblowers bring claims against hospitals?and may have lasting consequences for peer review processes in the state, some say.
