Fighting Back:
Protecting Medical Staff Self Governance

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As regular readers know, the medical staff at Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Ventura is involved in a contentious legal battle with its hospital administration over medical staff self-governance. In April, the medical staff filed a lawsuit in an effort to end the hospital administration's all-out assault on medical staff autonomy. The result of this case will affect hospitals throughout California and across the country. 

CMA sent a team to Ventura last year to report on the struggle at CMH. CMA has produced a 12-minute video on what they found, including in-depth interviews with local physicians. The video was widely praised when shown at AMA's interim meeting in December. Please share the video and this information with colleagues.

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Previous Developments:

Judge Rules Ventura Medical Staff Can Proceed with Lawsuit
[Posted 10/30/03]

Ventura Hospital CEO Resigns Post
[Posted 10/03/03]

Ventura Medical Staff Files Revised Complaint
[Posted 09/19/03]

Ventura Medical Staff Reinstates Elected Chief of Staff
[Posted 08/28/03]