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Surgeons do more procedures when they take a cut of the profit
Surgeons who become owners of surgical centers perform 14 percent to 22 percent more procedures than when they were nonowners, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
Study: 15% of surgeons abuse alcohol
Fifteen percent of surgeons suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence, according to a study in the February Archives of Surgery. Through an online, anonymous poll, respondents revealed that surgeons
Surgeons tout Twitter use at hospitals to enhance training
Although some hospitals are limiting social media use among their physicians in fear of possible legal repercussions, the University of Buffalo is encouraging its surgeons to tweet, according to an
Specialties work equally hard, study supports equitable pay
Aptly timed, as physician groups implore the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make changes to its proposed 2012 fee schedule and others fight for primary care to be more highly
Senate seeks investigation of physician-owned distributorships
Five Senators called on the Inspector General of the Health and Human Services to investigate surgeons who have ownership in medical device distributions that may violate anti-kickback statues,
Surgeon availability linked to better trauma survival rate
Better distribution of surgical care throughout the U.S. could promote better health outcomes--especially with trauma related to motor vehicle crashes, one of the leading causes of death nationwide,
'Striking' number of surgeons consider suicide
A staggering one in 16 surgeons has contemplated suicide, according to a national survey commissioned by the American College of Surgeons and reported in the January issue of Archives of Surgery.
BBC Video: Simulators 'make surgeons better'
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Government plans investigation of devicemaker kickbacks to surgeons
Federal health officials and prosecutors are mounting an investigation designed to identify doctors how accept kickbacks from drug and devicemakers for using their products. The investigation focuses
Should doctors send patients to another hospital?
We know from numerous studies that surgeries, especially very specialized ones, can have dramatically different outcomes depending on where they are performed. So, do doctors have an ethical
