Don't fire Sharon Helman-at least not yet

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Robbins RA¹ 

[1] Phoenix Pulmonary and Critical Care Research and Education Foundation, Gilbert, AZ;

关键词: Darren Deering;    Phoenix VA;    Sharon Helman;    clinic wait times;    director;    investigation;    oversight;    secret list;    suspension;    wait times;   

DOI  :  10.13175/swjpcc060-14

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Several developments have occurred over the past few days regarding prolonged wait times and secret lists at the Phoenix VA and its embattled director, Sharon Helman. President Obama has asked for an investigation and several Arizona Senators and Representatives have called for investigations and/or asked for the resignation of Helman and her administrative team (1,2). On 4/30/14, Dr. Robert Petzel, VA undersecretary for health, testified that an administrative team visited Phoenix soon after the controversy erupted and found “no evidence of a secret list… [or] patients who have died because they [were] on a wait list." (3). On 5/1/14 CNN posted an interview with Sharon Helman and her Chief of Staff, Dr. Darren Deering, who denied the allegations. Dr. Sam Foote, who made the original allegations, accused Helman and Deering of lying (4). CNN apparently confirmed Foote’s story with several sources inside the VA including a second physician, Dr. Katherine ...

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