Over 45 physicians, medical students, health care professionals, and experts spoke in favor of the Colorado Medical Board adopting policy to protect the confidentiality of the peer assistance program.
Few issues have united the health care community and Colorado House of Medicine so fervently as this threat to confidential counseling services. Over 3,200 health care professionals and concerned citizens signed a petition last fall emphasizing that confidential protections are a critical component of patient safety and physician wellbeing.
Look for an in-depth article about the fight to protect confidentiality in the peer assistance program in the next issue of Colorado Medicine.