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| Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider |
| March 2008 |
| Protect your facility while supporting practitioner recovery |
| Properly managing a relationship with a physician who has a problem with drugs and/or alcohol can be particularly challenging for hospitals, which must balance their desire to deal compassionately with the physician's disease with their duty to protect patients.
Substance abuse can be treated successfully. However, "addiction is a disease of relapse, and so although many hospitals try to find a way to help the doctor return to productivity, assuring quality care for patients requires close and constant scrutiny," says Wilfred Friedman, Esq., of Friedman and Mahdavian, PC, in New York City. Friedman, who represents physicians with addiction disorders who must appear before hospitals and state medical boards, says that when dealing with a physician who suffers from substance abuse, the hospital must be willing to work closely with the physician over the long term and be prepared to take immediate action to protect patients if the physician shows signs of relapse. |
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