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Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.

This discusses issues with physicians, but it is very informative and with some common grounds with nurse assistance programs:

PHPs and MLBs - Black-Bile

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Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.

It is my hope that others find this information useful, and welcome other contributions.

Here is another resource, again from a physician oriented site. I'm not glad to see docs going through similar things to us nurses, but it also tells me we aren't alone and the programs need to be monitored themselves:

The Looming Fraud Case Against PHPs and Medical Boards | Center for Physician Advocacy

I am not saying the monitoring programs are all bad, as I know they have saved lives. What I think is missing from the discussion is real accountability, oversight, and transparency on their actions and their relationships with each other. What is sorely needed and often absent from monitoring programs is any kind of due process for those that become involved with them.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Med/Surg.

I am in the process of reading the article linked in your first post. Thank you for this thought- provoking material. :)

Catmom :paw:

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