Medical school equips physicians with the skills to care for patients but often leaves them unprepared for the business side of running a medical practice. Here are some crucial considerations for physicians before opening their own practice. Business Expectations Most healthcare professionals think if they’re amazingly good at what they do, patients will flock to them. Not true at all,...
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die. “I really wanted to take control over how I left this world,” said the 61-year-old who lives in Lancaster. “I decided that this was an option...
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Breach of Trust:Utah’s Troubled Handling of Sexual Assaults When health care workers sexually abuse their patients in Utah, survivors confront obstacles to justice: in the law, in the courts — and in the culture as a whole. Sexual assault is...
Clinical negligence, also known as medical malpractice, refers to situations where healthcare professionals fail to provide a standard level of care, resulting in harm or injury to a patient. This blog explores the concept of clinical negligence, discusses the process of making claims, and highlights the role of clinical negligence lawyers in seeking compensation for victims. Defining Clinical...
Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and have asked patients the very same question thousands of times, so I think hard about how to quantify the sum of the sore hips, the prickly thighs, and the numbing, itchy pain near my left shoulder blade. I...
The tumor-seeking radiopharmaceuticals are charting a new course in oncology, with promise for targeted treatments with fewer side effects On a Wednesday morning in late January 1896, at a small light bulb factory in Chicago, a middle-aged woman named Rose Lee found herself at the heart of a groundbreaking medical endeavor. With an X-ray tube positioned above the tumor in her left breast, Lee...
