Health
Department defends discipline of doctors
Updated: Friday, 25
May 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 25 May 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 25 May 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) —
A spokesman for the state Department of Public Health is defending how
Connecticut punishes doctors after a study by a consumer advocacy group showed
the state has one of the lowest physician discipline rates in the country.
William Gerrish told
the Journal Inquirer that last week's report by Public Citizen
focused only on a narrow slice of information about serious disciplinary
actions and ignored the wide variety of sanctions imposed by the state Medical
Examining Board including reprimands, censures and fines.
Public
Citizen said Connecticut ranked 47th out of 50 states and Washington, D.C., in
taking serious actions against doctors including license suspension and
revocation.
The study said Connecticut took less than two serious actions
per 1,000 doctors, when the national rate was about three per 1,000.
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Information from: Journal Inquirer
