WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: Inquiring about complaint to medical board

Re: Inquiring about complaint to medical board

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:00:34 -0600 (CST)

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Hi AMD,

I don't have an answer for your question but do want to tell you that I used to work for an insurance company that approved providers. As part of qualification, they had to list any complaints, lawsuits etc with details. It never failed that an OB/GYN had a few complaints, even my own had a couple. I think it's part of doing business in this realm. If things don't work out, people sue (I'm not saying that there aren't mistakes and docs I wouldn't let touch me with a ten foot pole but accept that in two years of doing this kind of work, I never found a baby doc without a history).

A high risk baby doc will have more. Now, we had criteria that wouldn't accept a doc if there was inappropriate behavior involved but the rest....

I remember one women who sued the doc because she had eaten tainted cheese and the baby was born with problems. She had gone to a different doctor for the flu (what was the cheese), not him and had reported to him that she had the flu...it wasn't his fault but she sued him anyway.

Hth,

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At Mon, 11 Dec 2000, AMD wrote: >
>In our state, the board of medical examiners has a web site that lists
>information about licensed doctors, including any board actions and the
>number of complaints.
>
>For a doc I was considering, there are 2 dismissed complaints from the
>past 5 years, and one pending complaint.
>
>Is it reasonable and appropriate for me to ask the doctor (or his staff)
>about the nature of these complaints? What is the best way to pose the
>question without causing offense? This person was recommended by a
>current practitioner.
>
>Thanks,
>Andrea

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