Physician health programs in most states are designed to help doctors with substance-use and other problems get the care they need and, when appropriate, return to work while protecting patient safety. But two Harvard doctors who have been involved with the Massachusetts program say there is too little oversight of operations in programs across the country and no clear standards. J. Wesley Boyd, HMS assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance and John R. Knight, HMS associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, authored a review article about this issue.
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