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The American Law Institute has published a new standard for medical malpractice. It wants the courts to take into practice evidence based medicine instead of strict reliance on medical custom. They hope that this lessens the malpractice burden n the physicians. The new standard will incorporate guidelines as good evidence but not absolute. This will add a new expert vs. expert battleground. Top
The CEO of the University of Virginia Health resigned finally. This comes months after DR. K Craig Kent was named in a no confidence vote by the medical faculty for conduct unbecoming to the school. After the Board did their own investigation Dr. Kent resigned.
The CEO of Lawrence (Massachusetts) General Hospital. Dr. Abba Agrawal resigned after one year due to differences with the hospital board. Top
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