The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has recently reversed itself, and again allows most rookie doctors to work up to 24 hours continuously.
In Washington, a surgeon probably doesn’t have to tell you if she’s never performed the surgery she is planning to perform on you.
Recent Gallup Poll again shows Nurses and Doctors rate highly in categories of honesty and ethical standards. Lawyers – not so much.
Urgent Care Clinics have sprung up to fill a perceived gap in healthcare, available for folks who have needs that don’t rise to the level of an emergency room visit, or when it is inconvenient to see their primary doctor.
A new model of charting has popped up, one in which the doctors are wearing Google Glasses and the scribes aren’t next to them in the room, but remote.
Recently top Republican politicians have cited the medical malpractice “crisis” as a threat to US health care. This includes frivolous lawsuits forcing doctors out of
Because cesarean sections are now commonplace, and the risk of fetal and/or maternal death is much less, one scientist believes that babies will eventually grow bigger and bigger heads.
In Washington, if you are 18 and die due to the wrongful actions of another, unless you were providing your parents substantial support, they have no claims for their loss.
Part of the deal many hospitals enter into with device manufacturers involves reps supporting those devices, including in the Operating Room.
A recent case allows families of people who have died as a result of negligence to request mediation with possible defendants, allowing them an extra year to evaluate whether they would like to bring a legal claim.