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Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state medical boards.

Hoffman S. Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state medical boards. J Med Regulation. 2022;108(2):19-28. doi: 10.30770/2572-1852-108.2.19

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September 7, 2022
Hoffman S. J Med Regulation. 2022;108(2):19-28.
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Patient safety advocates have called for cognitive testing of aging clinicians and some health systems have attempted instituting such policies as part of their recredentialing program. This commentary calls for state medical boards to adopt cognitive testing as part of the recredentialling process within the confines of legal boundaries.

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Hoffman S. Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state medical boards. J Med Regulation. 2022;108(2):19-28. doi: 10.30770/2572-1852-108.2.19

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