A photo-sharing service for healthcare professionals will be rolled out across Western Europe by the end of the year, BBC News reported this week. The service, called Figure 1, enables physicians to share pictures of their patients with each other and with medical students. Each...
If it passes in November, a California ballot measure would make the state the first in the nation to require drug testing for physicians. The requirement is part of Proposition 46 and represents a new twist in a decades-old fight to raise the cap for some damages in medical malpractice...
Regulatory and administrative burdens on physician practices have increased, and practices are spending more for the resources needed to perform this work. In a study released last week, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) reported a 4.6% increase in spending on total business...
MSB editorial advisory board members Jack L. Cox, MD, MMM, senior vice president and chief quality officer at Hoag in Newport Beach, California; and William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, vice president and chief medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center in...
The North Carolina Court of Appeals (the “Court”), in an unpublished opinion, reversed a county Superior Court order for a hospital to produce peer review information. The Court ruled in a matter related to an orthopedic surgeon’s lawsuit alleging unfair and deceptive trade...
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (the "Court") granted a hospital's motions to dismiss and strike a cardiologist's lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation, interference with economic interests, unfair trade practices, and violations of 42 U.S.C...
