The rural surgeon took the patient to surgery around midnight. Her condition was miserable: relentless nausea, vomiting, and dry retching. The hour may have been late, but the patient was prepped and had been NPO after a previously done scope. The surgeon had placed the patient on several antiemet...
On May 7, 2021, the U.S. felt firsthand the consequences of a ransomware attack when the Colonial Pipeline Company was hacked by the criminal cybergroup DarkSide. This hack disrupted a major infrastructure system and caused panic for many Americans. Even though Colonial Pipeline paid the $4.4 million ra...
On May 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the hotly debated cost category will be reweighted to 0% for 2020, effectively eliminating it from scoring as part of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Advocates for physicians – including the American Medica...
Few medical errors are as indefensible as those involving patients who have undergone surgery on the wrong body part, undergone the incorrect procedure, or had a procedure performed that was intended for another patient. These “wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors” (WSPEs) are termed ...
