FL medical boards dropped 90% of cases some term ‘serious’
Posted almost 14 years ago by Stanley F Whittaker
By Carol Gentry
11/04/11 © Health News Florida
Florida’s medical boards have taken no action against more than 90 percent of the doctors who lost hospital privileges over the past 20 years, new data show.
Most of the time, state health officials learned about the hospitals’ disciplinary actions and investigated, but the medical boards’ screening panels decided not to pursue charges, according to a letter sent Sept. 14 letter to a consumer group from the chief of the Division of Medical Quality Assurance.
So, under Florida law, the cases remained secret. Members of the public who check the Department of Health's consumer web site would never know that a doctor had lost hospital privileges
For more go here
Florida’s medical boards have taken no action against more than 90 percent of the doctors who lost hospital privileges over the past 20 years, new data show.
Most of the time, state health officials learned about the hospitals’ disciplinary actions and investigated, but the medical boards’ screening panels decided not to pursue charges, according to a letter sent Sept. 14 letter to a consumer group from the chief of the Division of Medical Quality Assurance.
So, under Florida law, the cases remained secret. Members of the public who check the Department of Health's consumer web site would never know that a doctor had lost hospital privileges
For more go here