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To: Lane3 who wrote (13395)	2/27/2006 11:41:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541490

It is the responsibility of those who write public policy on health to look out for these issues, and assure that standards of care are followed in hospitals as promulgated by physicians and the role of the boards of licensing and discipline to assure that standards are followed, and enforce the standards- these are generally state agencies- so it appears that the appropriate entity made the decision on formula wrt hospitals. The AMA doesn't govern hospitals; it makes recommendations, but it isn't a regulatory agency for hospitals. I think you are mistaken about their role in the health care system. "If hospitals are violating medical standards, then the AMA and any other professional governing bodies are the folks who should fix the problem." You will note the public department of health IS a "professional governing body" for the hospitals, so under your statement, they should be able to "fix" this- which they did. But you don't like their "fix". Note their responsibility for hospitals here; mass.gov