Determining Whether a Physician is Competent to Practice Medicine is Complex

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| MD Magazine
Alma Saravia

This article originally ran in MD Magazine on September 11, 2017. Click here to read the article in its entirety.  

Physicians are granted a license to practice medicine and it presumed that they will remain competent to treat patients throughout their careers.  In the past decade, reports of physician incompetence have been fueled by patients as well as regulators.  Physicians must be “currently competent” to practice medicine, but what are the standards for determining who is fit? 

Alma Saravia, Healthcare Attorney at Flaster Greenberg, authored an article for MD Magazine focused on the valid methods that a hospital or medical board may use to determine whether a physician is “currently competent” because he/she has the skills and knowledge to continue practicing medicine safely.  If an assessment of the physician identifies deficiencies, then steps should be taken to remediate the physician so that he or she may return to practice. 

Takeaways for physicians include: 

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