The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (the “Court”) granted a community health center’s motion for summary judgment against a physician’s claims of racial discrimination and retaliation, finding it had legitimate reasons for terminating his employment contract.
For physicians, the risk of being sued by a patient is low in the short term but increases the longer they practice, according to data from the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark Surveys.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 5
Your medical staff bylaws must specifically state the exact details as to when, by whom, and how a fair hearing is triggered at the medical staff level and an appeal is triggered at the board level. In addition, the bylaws should have a "bright line" definition of the actions that will trigger...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 4
The District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) granted a university health system’s motion for summary judgment against a physician’s discrimination claim, finding it had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for removing the physician from his role as program director:...
Healthcare and social service workers were victims of 76% of all nonfatal injuries from workplace violence in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half of nurses surveyed by National Nurses United in 2022 reported an increase in workplace violence, more than double the...
