So, MA has eliminated questions about mental health issues and past drug use during the credentialing process of doctors because it stigmatizes them and led them to not seek help when needed because they had to choose between getting help or working.
So, it is stigmatizing to ask these questions for a job, which is a totally voluntary thing, but it is not stigmatizing to ask these questions for a constitutional right. Got it.
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Even though I don’t work in an acute care (ER/trauma Surgery setting)… my biggest fear with a doctor besides them not answering the phone is…. “Dr. So and so have you been drinking”…. And you know dammn well if I was “wrong” I would be fired and reported to the board of nursing…
It all depends on how much $$ that doctor brings into the hospital. Prime example is