A surgical fire is a fire that occurs in, on or around a patient undergoing a medical or surgical procedure. An estimated 550 to 650 surgical fires happen every year in U.S. operating rooms. Some of the fires cause disfiguring second- and third-degree burns. If the fire occurs in the patient's airw...

Michael J. Sacopulos, a partner with Sacopulos, Johnson & Sacopulos in Terre Haute, Ind., has reviewed the DocPons business model and warned physicians to stay away until state medical ethics boards issue specific guidelines on such business models....