Month: January 2017

Last time, we began looking at some of the aspects of new rules governing the practice of telemedicine in Wisconsin. The rules have yet to be approved by the Governor and the Legislature before they can be published and take effect, but physicians are already...

Last month, the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board gave the green light on fresh rules governing the practice of telemedicine in the state. The rules are supposed to be an improvement on an initial set of rules proposed in 2015. A number of concerns were addressed in...

At the federal and state level, there are a variety of laws meant to protect vulnerable classes of people from discrimination in employment. As good as these laws can do for those vulnerable to employment discrimination, they don’t do much good if they...

In our last post, we began looking at the issue of physicians having romantic relationships with their patients and the ethical issues that can arise in such situations. As we noted, a large note of caution is given by physicians groups on becoming romantic with...

We have previously discussed on this blog the importance of physicians working with experienced legal counsel when facing allegations of patient sexual abuse. As we noted, such allegations can lead not only to criminal and civil charges, but also to disciplinary...

A recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that one out of three women who receive treatment for breast cancer based on mammogram results do not need that treatment. According to the researchers behind the study, the tumors detected in these...

Readers may be aware that two major media networks widely felt to be on opposite ends of the political spectrum are currently involved in ongoing discrimination litigation concerning former employees. One of the networks is CNN, which was hit last month with a...

In our last post, we began discussing a recent study which looked at the effectiveness of work-life balance interventions at reducing physician error rates on the job. As we noted, the study showed that not all intervention strategies are necessarily effective at...