When a gravelly-voiced North Carolina politico in a Panama hat named Mack Mahoney began complaining that Duke University Hospital was covering up a potentially fatal medical mistake, the media was...
Call them mystics - physicians at Duke University Medical Center want to tell the future.
Adapting to the varied tugs and pulls of research demands and patient care, departments within the Medical Center are quietly ceding territory to research-focused centers and undergoing a drastic...
Duke Hospital officials are confident that they can fix the problems listed in recent critical reports by two health care overseers before the advent of serious consequences.
Provoking debate on issues ranging from the prevalence of medical errors to the ethics of organ transplantation procedures, the treatment and death of Jesica SantillA¡n has made the 17-year-old...
Virginia to South Carolina. Cradle to grave.
Nearly two weeks after Jesica Santillan's death, internal and external investigations of Duke University Hospital continue to search for answers.
Basic science faculty members have so far expressed enthusiasm for the School of Medicine's upcoming curriculum revision, but they are also indicating wariness over the potential to sacrifice depth...
Outgoing Chancellor for Health Affairs Dr. Ralph Snyderman taught Dr. Sandy Williams more than just the complexities of medical leadership--he also taught the medical school dean how to fish.
Following the end of Jésica Santillán's struggles, Duke Hospital's own ordeal may be just beginning.
