Skip to content
0:00 / 0:00

Families sound alarm on medical transparency after deaths of their children | NewsNation Now

NewsNation

2.7M subscribers • 1 video on Rounds

YouTube
  • Recommended by 1 person, 1 of them a clinician or researcher, in r/emergencymedicine.
  • Debated among experts. Its central claim is contested, so look for the other side.

For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

65K views5 years ago1 recommendation

Clinical medicinePublic health and policyHealthcare systems and costs

A news report investigating patient safety, medical transparency, and the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in hospitals.

Families sound alarm on medical transparency after deaths of their children. Read more at nnnow.tv/2WqeXyX ——— For more, visit our website: www.newsnationnow.com Follow us on Twitter: bit.ly/2G6G7pI On Facebook: bit.ly/3i7X4O4 On Instagram: bit.ly/3403ysW About NewsNation NewsNation delivers three distinct hours of news content in prime-time, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, with its anchors pivoting to various locations nationwide as news breaks and stories develop. NewsNation draws on the local market, regional and national expertise of Nexstar’s 5,400 local journalists in 110 local newsrooms across the country and deliver news reporting that is fact-based, impactful, educational and unbiased. Broadcasting live from a new, state-of-the-art newsroom and studio located at WGN-TV in Chicago, News Nation brings viewers breaking news and live video on the most important news stories and issues impacting the nation, as well as regional and local communities throughout the U.S.

Why it's here

1 person recommends this

What people say. Recommended as an eye-opening report on the risks of unsupervised mid-level practitioners in emergency departments.

u/throwwwwwwwaway21Clinician communityin r/emergencymedicine • Recommends

Shielding Against NP/PA Malpractice Hi all, I am an EM physician in practice at a CMG hospital in the south. I've been reading through previous posts and am happy to see increasing recognition of the evils of these companies, as well as the concerns about scope creep by NPs/PAs. Other outlets have linked to this recent piece: [video and I am encouraged that the public is starting to take their health care into their own hands. But this has made me think about the risk of overseeing NPs/PAs, without performing my own evaluation. My department has hectic for years, but made far worse by COVID and steadily increasing acuity. There is no way for me to see all of the patients the MLPs see u…