Our National Registry of information about patients around the country who have been requested to attend an independent medical examination (IME) is alerting us to many inherent problems within this biased system.
We ask that members who experienced an unfair or biased IME complete our IME registry form and write letters of complaint to regulatory bodies, such as Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and / or Colleges of Psychologists, place cc. National ME/FM Action Network at the bottom of your letter so the College is aware that our organization is tracking their decision and send us a copy of your letter and their response.
Thanks to members who have sent us copies of decisions about disciplinary actions taken against biased doctors, the National ME/FM Action Network is aware that many patients are still being sent for IMEs to doctors who have received disciplinary action by their regulatory bodies. The same Colleges that disciplined these doctors are telling patients that these doctors are members in “good standing”.
Armed with this information, on May 20, 2003, the National ME/FM Action Network sent a letter to one of the provincial colleges of Physicians and Surgeons and asked:
“Doctors listed on the Financial Services Designated Assessment Centres’ Roster are purported to be “members in good standing” with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. So too are doctors listed on the Workers Safety and Insurance Board’s Roster. On precisely what criteria is the "good" in good standing bestowed and on what grounds would the "good" in good standing be revoked? We look forward to a reply to this question at your earliest convenience.”
Although we are still awaiting their reply, all across the country, we are making gains in raising awareness about this serious problem because of the efforts of patients willing to complain about this injustice.
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