Doctor-Shortage: MD or JD/PhD/MBA? Semmelweis Society International

2. For Doctors
Four Choices:
1. M B A
2. J D
3. Ph.D
4. M D
1. For Patients
2. For Doctors
....Contracts
....By-Laws
....Incorporation
....Dr. Waite's Case
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Practice-Choice
Relocate/USA
Relocate/Emigrate
Immigrate
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Lawyers:
Ralph Bard MD/JD/FACS
Robert Meals J.D.

 Doctors do not control hospitals: Businessmen do.  Corporate control of hospitals means the good administrator may vanish unexpectedly overnight.  If that happens, will you be forced to move to another hospital?  Career-uncertainty is built into American medicine because of our law:  We spend up to 31% of a hospoital budget on administration according to articles in the New England Journal of Medicine (Google "administrative costs in American hospitals" or see http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/15/making-health-care-work/ and similar sites.  Does the hospital at Duke University have ~1300 billing clerks for 900 patients?  Is this a non-profit hospital?  What about hospitals near you?  Compare them using http://www.CharityNavigator.org and http://www.GuideStar.org.

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Why Your Medical Staff Needs to Incorporate and Obtain Its Own Independent Counsel

Hospitals Race To Employ Physicians

Choose hospitals in which doctors can cooperate for safety without fear of reprisal--hospitals with due process in all matters including credentials-confirmation, renewal of appointment, due process in peer review, and impartial arbitration for resolution of disagreements.  Always have 3 hospitals among which to choose to admit patients.  If you are a patient, ask your doctor which hospital is preferred...

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Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas

Hospital Monopolies: The Biggest Driver of Health Costs That Nobody Talks About

Hospitals Make War On Doctors

If patients die as a result of health information technology (HIT) defects, the clinicians will be liable--not the vendors. Hospital administrators have signed contracts with hold harmless clauses that protect their HIT vendors.

Qui Tam: Whistleblowing-Compensation For Safety

Hospital Are Tax-Supported

safe nuclear reactor designs

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Don't Come Back, Hospitals Say

Safe Patient Project

Dr. Serrano and Johns Hopkins University Settle Lawsuit March 24, 2011 Oscar K. Serrano, MD and the Johns Hopkins University have agreed to settle the lawsuit Dr. Serrano filed against Johns Hopkins. Upon further review, Johns Hopkins has agreed to reinstate Dr. Serrano as a resident in good standing and Dr. Serrano has agreed to resign and seek admission to another general surgery program. We look forward to Dr. Serrano's continued success.

Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag Lawsuit

Some Hospitals Silence Doctors

Compare By-Laws

A. Colantonio M.D., FACS v. Mercy Hospital reprisal