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A Famed Hospital Churns Poor Patients Through Weight-Loss Surgery New York Times

A Famed Hospital Churns Poor Patients Through Weight-Loss Surgery

New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers…

SurgeonCheckDecember 7, 2023

How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients New York Times

How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients

More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on…

SurgeonCheckOctober 30, 2023

They Lost Their Legs. Doctors and Health Care Giants Profited. New York Times

They Lost Their Legs. Doctors and Health Care Giants Profited.

Medical device makers have bankrolled a cottage industry of doctors and clinics that perform artery-clearing…

SurgeonCheckJuly 15, 2023

Medical Boards Often Protect Doctors Over Patients CBS News

Medical Boards Often Protect Doctors Over Patients

Doctors protecting their own?

SurgeonCheckJanuary 8, 2021

Doctors Were Alarmed: Would I Have My Children Have Surgery Here? New York Times

Doctors Were Alarmed: Would I Have My Children Have Surgery Here?

Secret recordings captured physicians' concerns that more children seemed to fare poorly after heart surgery.…

SurgeonCheckMay 31, 2019

Dr. Death Wondery.com

Dr. Death

A medical system that failed to protect patients.

SurgeonCheckApril 15, 2019

Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor Stat News

Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor

For those who are sick and scared, posting health care price tags isn't good enough.…

SurgeonCheckMarch 7, 2019

The Role of the C-Suite in Employee Health Care Harvard Business Review

The Role of the C-Suite in Employee Health Care

C-Suite: Optimizing for Cost, Quality, and Outcomes in Healthcare. The American Employer takes control.

SurgeonCheckNovember 16, 2018

A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal ProPublica

A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal

This wasn't an operation performed. This was attempted murder.

SurgeonCheckOctober 2, 2018

The Transformation Imperative Modern Healthcare

The Transformation Imperative

Why the social and economic forces disrupting healthcare are here to stay.

SurgeonCheckApril 12, 2017