Economic credentialing cases suggest: job over money

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Physicians have been disappointed in the amount of money juries award for suits against hospitals over canceled privileges. For instance, radiologist David Alfredson, who won his six-year long case against the Lewisburg, TN, Community Hospital, finds the $87,500 award inadequate. In another case, a Tallahassee, FL, radiation oncologist procured an injunction to prevent a hospital from hiring a replacement. Proposed legislation concerning agreements between hospitals and physicians must define terms such as economic credentialing.

General medical & surgical hospitals, Hospitals

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Nothing but the truth? Supreme Court weighs case that could put limits on testimony from medical experts

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The acceptance of medical expert testimony in court cases may be altered by the Supreme Court in the case Daubert et al v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. The case, which seeks to prove that Bendectin causes birth defects, could restrict future medical expert testimony to subjects covered in peer-reviewed research data. The legal ramifications of the Supreme Court decision are discussed.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Medicine, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Supreme Court, Peer review, Medical specialties, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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