Legal Question in Health Care Law in California
Are employed doctors allowed to swing in the breeze?
If a physician, or other licensed healthcare provider, is an employee of a larger entity (corporation, university, hospital, etc.), what responsibility does the employer have to provide the essential material support for the safe practice of medicine? Some examples would be adequate #/training of clinic staff personnel, appropriately functioning communication infrastructure.
Given that the practice of medicine has been 'systematicized,' and 'corporatized,' can the employer still hold the physician to the ''Marcus Whelby/John Wayne/Lone Ranger model''?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Are employed doctors allowed to swing in the breeze?
In what context? A Medical Board license proceeding, or a malpractice suit? Seems to me that either way the MD can introduce evidence of the corporation's practices that contributed to an adverse outcome. Also, if you have insider knowledge of false claims against a govt. entity you could be eligible for a cash bounty.
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