Christine Lehmann, MA

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What docs don’t know about the Disabilities Act can hurt them and patients

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: February 1, 2022

When physicians don’t provide access to medical care that patients with disabilities need, they put themselves at greater risk of lawsuits, fines, ...

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Docs refused to pay the cyber attack ransom – and suffered

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: January 6, 2022

Ransomware attacks are driving some small practices out of business.

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An MD’s nightmare began with reporting her manic episode to the medical board

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: November 4, 2021

Susan Haney, MD, a board-certified emergency physician in Coos Bay, Ore., was 2 years into her career when she had her first manic epi...

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An MD and a health care exec sued their employers for fraud: What happened?

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: October 8, 2021

“When they started saying that I was part of the problem after all the work I had done to keep their noses clean, I couldn’t tolerate it any longer...

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Why aren’t more women doctors in the top-paying specialties?

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: August 11, 2021

“I was told by one program interviewer that ‘I don’t have a bias about women in medicine, I have a bias about women in orthopedic surgery.’”

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Can overweight docs really give credible weight loss advice?

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: July 12, 2021

“I have had patients come to me saying, ‘I used to see a different weight loss doctor who was not heavy. But how can he understand what I’m going t...

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Who can call themselves ‘doctor’? The debate heats up

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: May 6, 2021

Does context matter?

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More signs COVID shots are safe for pregnant women

Author:: Christine Lehmann, MA

Publish date: April 22, 2021

Despite that lack of clinical trial data, more and more smaller studies are suggesting that the vaccines are safe for both mother and child.