Finding that documents gathered, used, and generated during a hospital’s root cause analysis (RCA) process were privileged from disclosure, the Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District (the “Court”) reversed a Circuit Court of Cook County’s decision ordering the hospital to produce the...
In response to growing concerns with the nationwide rate of physician burnout, Stanford Medicine is the first U.S. academic medical center to appoint a chief wellness officer.
“Physicians have more control over our lifestyles than we believe. We may feel stuck, trapped in situations we don’t like, but in truth, most of us have the financial and emotional resources to change our lives into something better.”
To address the shortage of physicians in Missouri, a recently passed bill would ease the qualifications for medical school graduates to practice in the state. The bill, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, would allow medical school graduates to apply for assistant physician licenses.
"Ultimately he was driven from the hospital, and from Syracuse, so he feels vindicated. Hopefully this will serve as a deterrent to prevent other healthcare practices from engaging in retaliatory behavior against their employees who speak up."
"We found that in every single outcome measure where there was a significant difference between patients who had overlapping surgery and those who didn't, it was in favor of the overlapping surgery group."
- Michael Bohl, MD, discussing his team's study on...
