MedPage Today May 5, 2024
— Even senior physicians are being threatened, according to forum at SCAI
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Even recognized cardiology leaders have not been immune from threats and abuse by their hospital employers, prompting an emotional discussion on worker’s rights at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) annual meeting.
With the majority of doctors now being hospital system employees instead of in private practice, cardiologists here shared their horror stories and recognized that their colleagues, including nurses and residents, already have unions that allow for collective bargaining on employment conditions.
SCAI advocacy committee chair Arnold Seto, MD, MPA, chief of cardiology at Long Beach VA Health Care System, asked the room if the society should sponsor a union.
“Unions...
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