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NYPIRG, as part of a coalition of consumer and senior groups, recently released a report examining New York State's leading programs designed to protect patients from substandard health care. The report, "Failing To Act: New York State's Department of Health and the Patient Safety Crisis," It examines the New York State Health Department's efforts to police questionable doctors and physicians' assistants, to educate the public and to track medical mistakes. The report found: • New York State is taking fewer actions against physicians and physicians' assistants (PAs), despite a doubling of resources, legal reforms and its stated goal of reducing medical injuries. • Of that shrinking percentage, few physicians and PAs are disciplined for reasons having to do with their competency to deliver safe and quality medical care. • A substantial proportion of OPMC sanctions are based the results of discipline meted out in other jurisdictions. The percentage of sanctions based on investigations originally initiated by OPMC in New York is declining. • A large percentage of sanctions imposed by OPMC permit physicians and PAs to continue to practice without interruption in New York State and without notification to their patients. You can request a copy of the report here.
The report costs $5. |
