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Professional Health Program

In 2001 the Joint Commission, with input from the Federation of State Physician Health Programs (PHPs), developed standards that require hospitals to have functions similar to what the state PHPs provide for state licensing bodies. These functions include: Education (about problems that can cause impairment, primarily substance use disorders), Early Intervention, Referral for Evaluation andRead More

During this time of social distancing, it seems appropriate to discuss remote (telephone) intervention. In 2011, we at the Alabama Physician Health Program, where I was then medical director, examined intervention outcomes over the previous 10 years. We found that of the 328 interventions that had been conducted, almost half, 161, were telephone interventions. InRead More