75 DOCTORS AT CMH CAST NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : Grace Lee Staff Writer About 75 of the 400 doctors on staff at Community Memorial Hospital have cast a no-confidence vote against the board of directors in a dispute over how the private hospital is run. The doctors object to a new policy that forbids physicians who compete with the 240-bed hospital for patients from holding leadership positions. They also argue that the management should not be able to contract with new doctors without their input. ``In 30 years, there have been a handful of instances where medical staff has voted no-confidence in an administration,'' said Curtis Bond, an attorney who represents the physicians. ``But this is the first time that I can recall that medical staff has voted no confidence in the leadership of the board.'' Peter Goldenring, an attorney for CMH CMH Center of Military History CMH Commission on Macroeconomics and Health CMH Chief of Military History CMH Children's Memorial Hospital CMH Ceramic Metal Halide (General Electric light source) CMH Congressional Medal of Honor and its 16-member board, said the no-confidence vote was not surprising, given the ongoing dispute. The vote, he noted, represented a minority of doctors. Last week's no-confidence vote is another move in a heated dispute that has sparked a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. by doctors against the hospital. The suit, which claims that management has interfered with patient care decisions, has won backing by the American Medical Association American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science. and the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Medical Association. While the lawsuit is pending, a judge has ordered that a doctor who lost his medical privileges have his contract reinstated. But he also ordered the doctor to sign the conflict-of-interest agreement until he rules on its legality le·gal·i·ty n. pl. le·gal·i·ties 1. The state or quality of being legal; lawfulness. 2. Adherence to or observance of the law. 3. A requirement enjoined by law. Often used in the plural. . Grace Lee, (805) 662-6757 grace.lee(at)dailynews.com |
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