The medicine I practiced between 1974 to 1992 is gone. Evidence is the coin of the realm in the courts of modern medicine. The rule “first, do no harm” demands a corollary — be paranoid.
We receive extensive training and licensure to “touch” patients. Any person who is not a physician who cuts into another person commits a very serious crime. The same is true for merely talking with a person, ...
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Past 6 Months
Physician keynotes at TexMed 2019 and the 2019 ASPR Annual Conference
Admin | PotpourriHow an insurance company auditor tried to destroy a physician’s career
Niran S. Al-Agba, MD | PhysicianHow to ease men’s fear of mentoring in medicine
Stephanie Waggel, MD | PhysicianWhy do patients call me by my first name?
Karen Fahey, MD | PhysicianWhen should insurance companies be held responsible for medical malpractice?
Niran S. Al-Agba, MD | PhysicianShe was dead: How shame almost ruined a physician’s life
Robyn Alley-Hay, MD | PhysicianA physician’s breakthrough against prior authorization
Niran S. Al-Agba, MD | Meds