Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Positions Are Being Eliminated: An alarming trend for the medical profession around the World?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ziad Alfarah
Keyword(s):  
Medical Profession ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Chief Medical Officer ◽  
The World

Chapter 11 Spotlight: A Private Insurer Tackles Social Determinants

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
Alonzo L. Plough
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chief Medical Officer ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
The World ◽  
Medicaid Beneficiaries

Ana Fuentevilla, MD, MHCDS, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Population Health Solutions (former Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare Community & State). UnitedHealthcare (UHC) provides health coverage to nearly 49 million people in the United States and around the world, 1 including 6.7 million Medicaid beneficiaries who live in 30 states and Washington, DC. Medicaid members receive coverage through a system of managed care overseen by the company’s Community & State division...

The College's role in future medical regulation

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
Irving Taylor ◽  
Dave Clark
Keyword(s):  
Medical Profession ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Chief Medical Officer ◽  
Professional Regulation ◽  
Medical Regulation ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government

In July 2006 the chief medical officer (CMO) for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, published his report on the future of medical professional regulation, Good doctors, safer patients. In light of this report, 2007 is likely to mark the start of a process of long-expected change in the regulation of the medical profession. A statement from the government is anticipated shortly, which will set out how they plan to act on the recommendations set out in Good doctors, safer patients.

scholarly journals Les grèves de médecins en République Démocratique du Congo : quels repères éthiques généralisables?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Laurent Jean-Claude Ravez ◽  
Stuart Rennie ◽  
Robert Yemesi ◽  
Jean-Lambert Chalachala ◽  
Darius Makindu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
Vulnerable Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Minimum Quality

For several years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the scene of strikes by the country’s doctors. The strikers’ demands are essentially financial and statutory and are intended to put pressure on the government. In this country, as is the case almost everywhere in the world, medical strikes are allowed. Every worker has the right to denounce by strike working conditions that are considered unacceptable. But are doctors just like any other workers? Do they not have particular moral obligations linked to the specificities of their profession? To shed light on these questions, the authors of this article propose three essential moral benchmarks that can be generalized to medical strike situations elsewhere in the world. The first concerns the recognition of the right to strike for doctors, including for strictly financial reasons. Health professionals cannot be asked to work in inhuman working conditions or without a salary to support their families. The second benchmark argues that it is unacceptable for this right to strike to be exercised if it sacrifices the most vulnerable patients and thus denies the very essence of the medical profession. A third benchmark complicates the reflection by reminding us that the extreme dilapidation of the Congolese health system makes it impossible to organise a minimum quality service in the event of a strike. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a national therapeutic alliance between doctors and citizens to put patients back at the centre of the health system’s concerns.

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