PPAHS Information
For more information on or to make a submission to PPAHS (for submissions, please see below), please email Michael Wong at mwong@ppahs.org
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Comment & Article Submission
Comments and articles are welcome to be submitted, so long as such submissions:
- Discuss patient safety.
- Do not mention or endorse a company or its products.
- Is in keeping with PPAHS. In particular, PPAHS has built its reputation on: advocating for continuous electronic monitoring, providing solutions and suggestions for false alarms and fatigue, encourage adoption of technology that eases and aids patient assessment, and continues to push for elimination of preventable deaths, lower health costs, improved patient outcomes, and better access.
PPAHS reserves the right to decline comments and articles submitted that, in its opinion, are not in keeping with the above principles.
Darren
September 19, 2012
I am a physician who practiced in a very busy urgent care center located in Southern California for 5 years. Over the time I observed very dangerous practices, incompetent physicians, poorly trained staff and by pleas for change have been ignored. Finally I have filed a report to the State Medical Board of California. As a result of my complaint, I have been placed on suspension.
There have been meetings with the State Medical Board investigators and the Assistant Attorney General. There is currently an obstruction in investigating and taking action against the urgent care due to lack of medical records.
In order to subpoena the urgent care to obtain medical records there must be probable cause. It’s a Catch 22 situation as in order to establish probable cause you must have medical records. Due to HIPAA, it is impossible for me to obtain any records or even contact patients that were under my care. My allegations cannot be proven without medical records.
I have no doubt lost my job and possibly my opportunity to practice medicine again. The owner of the urgent care is one of the largesty health corporations in the United State. The State Medical Board investigator is just as frustrated as I am yet has seen this situation before.
I implore you of your help or at least refer me to someone that may be of assistance. There was a patient death that occurred last month due to an incompetent physician and there is nothing I can do about it.
Specifically, I need assistance to determine a way to obtain medical records legally in order to prove my allegations. The other piece of information that is needed is who regulates urgent care centers in California? The State Medical Board only has jurisdiction over specific licensed physicians and themselves are not sure who I would file a complaint against.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
lenoreac
December 21, 2012
This is what gets me up every day. A passion to make “LEAH’S LAW ” reality