types of issues the committee can ad- dress. The committee advocates for patients and physicians on quality and utilization of medical care and recom- mends regulatory, legal, and legislative approaches to promote high standards of care. (See “Committee Advocates for Patients, Physicians,” page 67.) “It is, by some, considered to be one of the more important committees at the TMA,” Dr. Pike said. “Because not only do we listen to the physicians and their concerns, but we also truly want to help them if we can. I would hope that physicians approach us any time they need help. We really listen to a broad range of problems and con- cerns. Equally as important, we have the ability to provide solutions.” At press time, following the court decision, Memorial Hermann had 30 days to produce the peer review documents. “Not a lot of folks, certainly not a lot of doctors, would have the gump- tion to be able to fight this fight and keep pushing, as opposed to just kind of keeping their head down,” said Mr. Doyle, Dr. Gomez’s attorney. “He stood up for a lot of doctors who are now potentially at risk not just from Memorial Hermann but from other hospitals that might want to treat them as competition, in a bad way. And as a result, I think if there’s mis- conduct, now there’s a way to get it dealt with.”
Joey Berlin is a reporter for Texas Medicine. You can reach him by phone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1393, or (512) 370-1393; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at
joey.berlin@
texmed.org.
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