Contracts
Call coverage: What’s in the contract?
THE CONTRACT STATED that the surgeon would join the two-physician practice at the same time as another doctor, bringing the total physician count to...
Doctors ignore noncompete terms at their peril
WHEN IT COMES TO restrictive covenants—also known as noncompetes—too many physicians make the mistake of believing these clauses are unenforceable. As a result, they figure...
Taking a new job? Will you be covered when you leave?
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB and you’ve got a good handle on the compensation plan, the call schedule and the health benefits. But how...
Technology
April 24, 2024
Are you more or less satisfied than when you started in medicine?
Are hospitalists more or less satisfied with their careers than when they started working in medicine? When we asked that question in the 2023 Today’s Hospitalist...
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, a Houston nurse posted critical comments on Facebook about a young patient with measles. Besides raising privacy questions, the comments also questioned the value of vaccinations. Shortly after the post went public, the nurse was fired.
The...
WHETHER IT'S TO EDUCATE PATIENTS, calculate anticoagulation risks or choose the best test to order, doctors with smartphones ought to take some mobile medical apps with them on their rounds.
That was the message that Anoop Agrawal, MD, a med-peds...
