The Joint Commission was scheduled, on paper, to arrive in first quarter 2013-which was why, in October 2012, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Chicago's Cook County was a little surprised to see Joint Commission surveyors at their door one Tuesday morning. Although the arrival...
Although defamation claims brought against employers and medical institutions have a fairly low success rate, it's not uncommon for terminated physicians to bring a defamation claim against a facility in conjunction with wrongful termination.
