The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently released the final draft of its Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The model legislation, if adopted by enough state legislatures, is seen as a way to address the growing need for physicians in underserved areas, as well...
Five ER staff were sacked at a German hospital for posting humiliating photos of patients online, a spokesman for the clinic in the western city of Aachen has confirmed. According to media reports that surfaced last month, the five were terminated with immediate effect from the Aachen University...
The “cold war” between hospital management teams and physician communities may be thawing, writes Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, president of Health Futures Inc., and an associate professor of public health sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. In an entry in Health and Hospital...
Slightly less than half of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) responding to a recent survey said they use some form of social media for business (45%), whereas two-thirds reported some form of personal use, The Clinical Advisor reported on its website. The Clinical...
The Nevada Supreme Court (the "Court") upheld, in an unpublished opinion, a lower court's dismissal of an anesthesiologist's lawsuit against MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, because the Hospital has immunity under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA)....
The California Court of Appeals for the Second District, Division 3 (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, upheld the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's decision to strike a physician's lawsuit against a hospital and its medical staff claiming he was denied the right...
