Medical Malpractice: Lessons from the insulting anesthesiologist. She was caught on a smartphone mocking her sedated patient.

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Legal Update: Are your GI lab services legal? Exclusive pathology contracts can attract anti-kickback scrutiny.

Patient Safety: Incredibly realistic drills and a staff of true believers protect patients at the Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco.

Business Advisor: How to measure your cash flow. AR days tell you how long it takes to collect on the case.

Make the switch to non-latex gloves. Your team will swear off latex gloves for good if you provide them with quality synthetic alternatives.

Environmental Stewardship: Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minn.,goes green for its community.

Calif. doc behind bars for supply theft. $25K Kaiser heist brings new charges for repeat offender.

Patient Satisfaction: The little extras add up to big satisfaction scores at Dakota Eye Surgery Center in Bismarck, N.D.

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Pentax, hospital targeted in duodenoscope-related suit. Family of woman who died in 2013 claims wrongful death.

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Common pre-op tests not needed before most operations. Study suggests more than 90% of bleeding disorder screenings are a waste of healthcare resources.

American Nurses Association calls for 'Zero Tolerance' policy for bullying, workplace violence. About half of all nurses experience harmful actions from peers or supervisors while at work, the organization says.

California doc implanted unapproved IUDs in unknowing patients. The gynecologist allegedly bought the devices online and billed insurers for FDA-approved ones instead.

FDA Alert: Becton-Dickinson Syringes May Degrade Stored Drugs

Dirty surgical equipment may have been used On 12,000 pediatric patients. Seattle Children's Hospital advises those who visited its surgery center to get tested for hepatitis, HIV.

UCLA tests new scope-cleaning machine on duodenoscopes. The washer's thorough cleaning process could help reduce superbug outbreaks caused by dirty scopes.