Radiologist Sues Hospital for 'Silencing' His Patient Safety Concerns

University of Iowa radiologist Malik Juweid filed a lawsuit earlier this month charging the hospital is trying to silence his complaints that the facility performs unnecessary PET and CT scans, particularly on children. He also seeks unspecified damages for racial discrimination and defamation.

The problem lies in physicians ordering unneeded imaging scans, sometimes on healthy patients, Juweid's lawyer, Rockne Cole, told the Des Moines Register yesterday. Cole indicated the Iowa Board of Medicine had launched an investigation into the allegations. Hospital officials say they have not been notified of any official investigation and called Juweid's allegations "baseless."...