Author:
McIntosh Tristan,Pendo Elizabeth,Walsh Heidi A.,Baldwin Kari A.,King Patricia,Anderson Emily E.,Caldicott Catherine V.,Carter Jeffrey D.,Johnson Sandra H.,Mathews Katherine,Norcross William A.,Shaffer Dana C.,DuBois James M.
Abstract
AbstractState Medical Boards (SMBs) can take severe disciplinary actions (e.g., license revocation or suspension) against physicians who commit egregious wrongdoing in order to protect the public. However, there is noteworthy variability in the extent to which SMBs impose severe disciplinary action. In this manuscript, we present and synthesize a subset of 11 recommendations based on findings from our team’s larger consensus-building project that identified a list of 56 policies and legal provisions SMBs can use to better protect patients from egregious wrongdoing by physicians.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)