A surgeon’s gender influences the amount of referrals they receive from a fellow physician, especially after poor surgical outcomes, according to a working paper from Heather Sarsons, PhD candidate at ...

A Franklin County judge is suing a hospital system and a doctor for alleged negligence in her husband's death. The lawsuit says the doctor missed signs of a heart condition despite multiple visits and ...

Ms E is a nurse practitioner practicing in California. She started her career as a registered nurse in Kentucky before receiving her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in 2014. In 2020, she completed a ...

Primary care physicians and specialists have different reasons for referring patients to certain colleagues, according to a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Michael L.

“There’s a 99 percent chance this is nothing,” said my internist encouragingly, referring me to a cancer specialist after I’d had repeated abnormal blood counts. The oncologist I saw next reviewed my ...