Featured blog post: Physician health programs offer high success rate for impaired practitioners
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, January 21, 2010
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If you’ve helped arrange treatment for a practitioner with substance abuse problems, chances are you’re familiar with state physician health programs (PHP).
Recent studies of 16 state PHPs indicate an outstanding success rate with physicians monitored by state PHPs over an average 7.2 years Of 904 physicians, 78% completed this monitoring without relapse. Of those who did relapse, additional treatment resulted in over 90% doing well at the end of the study period.
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