Word: galusha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most important step in the reform movement has been taken at the interstate level by the Federation of State Medical Boards, a Fort Worth-based organization that acts as a clearinghouse for the individual state licensing boards. Under the leadership of Executive Vice President Bryant Galusha, the federation has done away with its ancient collection of dog-eared file cards on problem doctors and replaced it with a computerized data bank. It has persuaded the state boards to report new disciplinary actions swiftly, so that the information can be promptly entered into the system. This summer individual boards will begin...
...office recommends drawing that net tighter. It calls for more cooperation between state boards and the Federal Government and urges higher medical licensing fees to provide more money for enforcement. Kusserow also favors legal immunity for doctors who report incompetent colleagues. Says he: "They need protection from being sued." Galusha would like to see more pressure on hospitals to inform state boards of any internal disciplinary actions. "There should be civil penalties against hospitals if they do not report," he says. Reformers like Sidney Wolfe and New York State Health Commissioner David Axelrod go even further, suggesting that doctors should...
...avenging an insult to an infirm uncle in the Senate, came upon Sumner from behind and, guttapercha cane in hand, beat him senseless on the Senate floor. Brooks resigned but was immediately voted back into office by his delighted constituents. The following year Laurence Keitt of South Carolina called Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania a "puppy," and about 30 Congressmen, fortified by alcohol, began a free-for-all. In the excitement, John Potter of Wisconsin grabbed William Barksdale of Mississippi by the hair and pulled off his wig. "Hooray, boys!" Potter yelled. "I've got his scalp...