Background: there are few studies about the complaints presented against physicians, limiting feedback and education, aspects that tend to improve health services and quality of care.Objective: to characterize the complaints against physicians and their consequences. Antioquia. 2008-2013.Methods: cross-...
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CBS News found that since 2015, the California Medical Board received more than 50,000 complaints against doctors, yet they revoked just 201 licenses — a statistic that doesn't surprise active California Medical Board member Eserick "TJ" Watkins. Watkins, who is speaking to media for the firs...
The Bench said: “While this court has no sympathy for doctors who are negligent, it must also be said that frivolous complaints against doctors have increased by leaps and bounds particularly after the medical profession was placed within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act.” The Bench ...
In 2009, the Health Service Executive (HSE) report revealed that the number of complaints against Irish hospitals and doctors have doubled in a single year.3 This puts significant administrative and financial pressure on the hospitals and medical teams. In 2009, the HSE had to pay about 60 ...
To determine whether international medical graduates (IMGs) have more complaints made against them to medical boards and experience more adverse disciplinary findings than Australian-trained doctors. Data on all complaints made against doctors to medical boards in VICtoria and Western Australia over 7.5 ...
The Handling of Complaints by the GMC a study of decision-making and outcomes Summary:This new report finds no evidence of discrimination or racial bias in the handling of complaints against doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC). However, there are still questions about the extent to whi...
walks into a clinic in a small town presenting with a complex spectrum of complaints. The new doctor begins to take his history and Mr J reveals that he has a "bad back" and it is being effectively treated by his family doctor. The physician asks how it is being managed. The patient ...
General medical concepts were chosen from chronic conditions (for example, diabetes) managed by primary care physicians, as well as common emergency room complaints (for example, abdominal pain) and everyday procedures (for example, immunization). Neurosurgery concepts represented narrow, subspecialty ...
In 2021, a survey was conducted among doctors and nurses at Landspítali Iceland University Hospital (LIUH) regarding their views on medical assistance in dying (MAID) and the underlying arguments, the inclusion criteria and modality of implementation. Surveys on identically defined study groups in ...