Recent legal developments affecting the medical staff.
In the past two years there has been a significant increase in the number and variety of hospital medical staff cases decided by the courts. The issues range from whether medical staff bylaws constitute a contract with individual medical staff members, the legal opportunity to assert employment discrimination claims in medical staff disciplinary proceedings, and ongoing antitrust concerns. This article presents an overview of the recent litigation related to these subjects.
D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010380:Peer Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission