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Texas Jury Renders $10 Million Verdict in Novel Corporate Practice of Medicine Case

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The hospitalist group testified they were: told they would have to lead emergency codes even though hospitalists do not routinely lead codes; pressured to discharge patients earlier, sometimes before the physicians felt the patients were ready; pressured to round on patients in a particular order thought to be more efficient for the hospital; pressured (..)

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The Young, Female Patient: Sexism, Treatment inequalities, and a Breakdown in Trust

Setting Sights

Each morning, the doctors came round to the bedside, barely taking one look at my desperate face, before finally making brief eye contact and clearing their throats. Before my eventual transfer to another hospital, 8.5 Nobody even thought to investigate it much further either. BMI is fine. All reflexes intact.