DOJ: Heart Surgeons Left ‘Unqualified’ Trainees Alone During Operations
Three surgeons who worked at Baylor allegedly ran multiple operating rooms at once, leaving parts of complicated heart procedures for medical residents and fellows to do.
- July 15,2024 | ISSN 1940-6967
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In This Issue
- DOJ: Heart Surgeons Left ‘Unqualified’ Trainees Alone During Operations
- Laser Hair Removal Most Litigated Energy-Based Procedure
- The Miseducation Of America’s Nurse Practitioners
- 17 Systems That Dropped Mental Health Questions For Docs
- New Name For Familiar Phenomenon: 'Administrative Harm'
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