Monthly Archives: June 2018

When Profit Trumps Our Most Vulnerable: The push to deliver preemies in community hospitals

Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and the statistics show that specialist neonatologists practicing at high-volume NICUs are in the best position to provide it. Just because smaller community hospitals that have invested in state-of-the-art equipment can, technically, deliver preemies, doesn’t mean they should.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-30T23:41:10+00:00June 20, 2018|Categories: Equality, Patient|Tags: Child Safety, Corporatization, Hospital Consolidation, Infant Mortality, Mid-level Care, Nonphysicians, Patient Safety, Rural Care, Transparency|

27 Pediatricians on the Chopping Block

In the fiscal fight over health care costs, pediatricians are on the chopping block. In hospitals and clinics across the country, pediatricians are being laid off in droves, leaving the clinical burden to mid-level providers, family physicians, and emergency room doctors. These decisions are being made by suits over scrubs, and they are putting patients at risk.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-30T23:36:02+00:00June 19, 2018|Categories: Physician, Policy|Tags: ACA, Burnout, Consolidation, Corporatization, Health Policy, Hospitals, Mid-level Care, Nonphysician, Obamacare, Physician Autonomy|