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The outside report recommends changes to the hospital’s leadership and oversight practices, after a Boston Globe investigation documented failures to act on concerns about a surgeon with a record of medical errors.
The heart surgeon, who abruptly retired in 2019, has 21 malpractice settlements linked to his work at the hospital, including 14 cases in which he was accused of contributing to patients’ deaths.
Catholic Medical Center has hired an outside law firm with experience in the healthcare industry to review its cardiac surgery unit, following a Boston Globe Spotlight investigation that raised concerns about a former CMC surgeon with one of the.