Upcoding is universally illegal, but that doesn’t stop physicians and nurses the world over from labeling a simple infection as septicemia or pretending that a routine office visit involves a comprehensive evaluation.
The culture of bullying — widespread across the medical field — has been linked to poorer patient outcomes. So why can’t physicians stop bullying in its tracks?
Malpractice liability reform would best be analyzed on a specialty-by-specialty basis.
Customer service is a critical part of every physician’s job, but there’s a big difference between a Yelp review and a risk-adjusted mortality rate in determining
“Flow” is dependent on reaching a number of optimal conditions, including intense concentration and loss of self-consciousness. So why don’t surgeons feel the flow?
The Goldwater Rule has proven remarkably resilient and has not been seriously challenged for half a century — until now.
Lawyers make things complicated — including policies requiring mandatory influenza vaccinations for healthcare workers.
The concept of conscientious objection has been appropriated by health care professionals who refuse to perform certain tasks related to female reproductive health.
Since Gerry FitzGerald’s suicide 80 years ago, physician suicide has become a staggering public health crisis that’s gone largely ignored.
The decision to resuscitate an extremely premature newborn is governed by a patchwork of state-level laws that are not necessarily grounded in evidence-based medicine.
