Nursing Exam Pass Rates Dropped in Recent Years. Why? Most experts agree the pandemic played a role, but regulators don't plan to make the test easier Jan 12, 2023
NP Recorded Sexual Assaults; Hadden Trial Under Way; Largest Addiction Fraud Yet A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 12, 2023
Medicare Advantage Plans Take Top Spot in Shkreli Awards Lown president calls the list "a tragic comedy of grift and profiteering" Jan 10, 2023
New York Nurses Strike for Better Staffing It's not about the money, but patient safety, nurses say Jan 09, 2023
Black Medical Residents Saddled With More Debt Than Other Groups Debt disparities start long before postgrad training; debt forgiveness could provide relief Jan 09, 2023
NFL's Damar Hamlin Walking, Released to Buffalo-Area Hospital Buffalo Bills safety to undergo tests for cause of his cardiac arrest Jan 09, 2023
AAP Guidelines: 'Watchful Waiting' No Longer the Right Call for Child Obesity Immediate interventions can ward off worse outcomes later, according to guideline authors Jan 09, 2023
Ladapo's Colleagues Slam His mRNA Vax Analysis But University of Florida says it won't investigate Jan 06, 2023
The X Waiver Is Officially Dead But now, doctors will have to take substance use disorder training to get their DEA license Jan 05, 2023
Change Needed to Fix Gender Discrimination in Emergency Medicine, Male ED Chairs Say Physician leaders report not taking action at times due to unsupportive institutional culture Jan 05, 2023
UCSF's Unethical Experiments; Mystery of Doc Lost at Sea; Ketamine Via Telehealth This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 04, 2023
Child Molestation Charges Land Seattle-Area Doc With a Suspended License King County physician Lu Gao, MD, was arrested and charged in August Dec 30, 2022
Abortion Access in the U.S. Took a Hit This Year Expect even more challenges in 2023: "It's going to be a lot" Dec 29, 2022
Vein Doc Accused of Illegal Billing Pays $2M; Practice Settles Discrimination Claim A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 29, 2022
Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized? Study finds higher earnings and benefits, but unionization still stalled Dec 28, 2022
Physician Wants Hospital CEO Pay Capped at $800K Call follows executive pay scandal at Cleveland health system Dec 28, 2022
No, the Baby Formula Shortage Still Isn't Over Experts say regulatory changes treat symptoms but not all causes of the formula crisis Dec 28, 2022
Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Patients; Doc's Trip-and-Fall Plot A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 22, 2022
Gastroenterologist Arrested After Sexual Assault Allegations Cleveland Clinic says it immediately reported accusations to law enforcement Dec 22, 2022
Second Doctor Arrested for Role in Capitol Riot Jacquelyn Starer, MD, allegedly punched a police officer while storming U.S. Capitol Dec 21, 2022
One Doc's Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas A Dallas endocrinologist can continue to provide hormone therapy and puberty blockers Dec 16, 2022
Only Half of Infectious Disease Training Programs Filled All Fellowship Positions "This was a huge surprise," fellowship program director at Boston University says Dec 16, 2022
Nurse Accused of Infanticide Attempt by Milk; Chiropractor's Alleged Referral Scheme A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 15, 2022
The Doctor Behind the Fall of FTX; Health Data Spies; Repeat Medicare Fraud Too Easy This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 14, 2022
Nurses No Longer Employed After Viral 'Icks' Video on TikTok The trend didn't sit well when applied to the patient/provider relationship Dec 12, 2022
Cape Cod Cardiologist Sues Hospital, Alleging Retaliation for Whistleblowing Richard Zelman, MD, also alleges that Cape Cod Hospital breached his contract Dec 09, 2022
Lawsuits Against Fugitive Doc Can Proceed; Nurse Who Gave Fake Vax Walks Free A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 08, 2022
For True Cultural Change for Women in Surgery, More Work Is Needed Qualitative aspects of survey get at heart of gender disparities in practice Dec 07, 2022
A New Tool to Report Medical Trainee Mistreatment Reveals Thorny Issues Small group of Mount Sinai faculty were responsible for half of unprofessional behavior reports Dec 02, 2022
Healthcare's Unspoken Sick-Day Rules Unchanged by the Pandemic Workplace COVID policies have changed, but attitudes toward coming into work sick have not Dec 01, 2022
Naturopathic Doctor Gets 3 Years for COVID Scams; Doctor Accused of Rape Found Dead A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 01, 2022
Doc Discipline Lenient, Secretive; Patient Data Lawsuits; Dubious Hospice Referrals This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 30, 2022
PA Gets 25 Years for Luring Girls on Snapchat; Doctor Arrested for Alleged Rapes A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 25, 2022
Doc Fired for Accessing Medical Records of Women He Wanted to Date Artificial intelligence software alerted hospital to unusual activity Nov 23, 2022
Hospital Responds to Staffing Crisis After Reports of Patient Death Challenges at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett reflective of hospitals across the U.S. Nov 22, 2022
Here's What Led ED Nurse to Call the Fire Department for Help Problems from that night are not unique to her hospital, says Kelsay Irby, RN Nov 21, 2022
Documentary Blames Hospitals for Keeping Killer Nurse Employed Charles Cullen was caught several times, but the system was rigged to pass him along, some allege Nov 16, 2022
NP Must Pay $20K for Implying She Was a Doctor Sarah Erny, RN, NP, is also required to cease any claims of being a "doctor" in providing care Nov 15, 2022
One in Five May Recall Near-Death Experience After CPR Rhythmic brain waves suggestive of lucid and heightened consciousness, study says Nov 11, 2022
Survey Shows ED Doctors Worry More About Patient Harm Than Getting Sued "Defensive medicine" may be more about preventing harm than avoiding a lawsuit Nov 10, 2022
