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The e-mails
Extensive e-mail correspondence, obtained from Mass. General staffers, offers a behind the scenes look at the heated battle inside one of the nation’s top-rated hospitals, involving some of the most prominent names in Boston medicine.
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MGH records sought in double-booking review
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed 10 years of internal records from Massachusetts General Hospital in an investigation into surgeons running two operating rooms at once.
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No regrets for doctor who called out double-booking
“I feel very proud of what I’ve done. I have no regrets. Zero,” says Dr. Dennis Burke, the man who helped turn the spotlight on MGH’s policy on concurrent surgeries.
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Concurrent surgeries come under new scrutiny
Hospitals across the country have faced controversies over doctors double-booking surgeries, but the issue is getting national attention only now.
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State acts on simultaneous surgeries
A rule would require surgeons to record each time they leave the operating room amid heightened scrutiny of doctors who do two operations at once.
