Opinion: Adhering to Standards of Care Helps Manage Risk

Bruce Rothschild, MD, is professor of medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and provides rheumatology services at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the ACR and the Society of Skeletal Radiology and was elected to the International Skeletal Society.

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