(MENAFN- PR Newswire) "The Medical Matrix: One Physician's Story Maneuvering the Minefields of Medicine"
SAN ANTONIO, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
During one routine Monday morning in the middle of May, 2011, OB/GYN
Dr. Aysun Alagoz had no idea that her entire
career and private practice
were about to
be
upended. At odds with a
powerful
hospital administrator
who
branded
Dr. Alagoz a "Disruptive Physician,"
she
became the target for a common and often
shady practice
used by hospitals: the Peer Review.
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Dr. Aysun Alagoz ![A symbol of resilience, integrity and advocacy. Dr. Alagoz's journey serves as a powerful reminder of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, particularly in an era marked by burnout, administrative scrutiny, and systemic injustices.]( "A symbol of resilience, integrity and advocacy. Dr. Alagoz's journey serves as a powerful reminder of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, particularly in an era marked by burnout, administrative scrutiny, and systemic injustices.")
A symbol of resilience, integrity and advocacy. Dr. Alagoz's journey serves as a powerful reminder of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, particularly in an era marked by burnout, administrative scrutiny, and systemic injustices. Backed by law
and used as a tool by medical corporations and their
representatives, the Peer Review
is
a discipline-specific, clinical evaluation of a practitioner's performance.
Used correctly, it can help patients by ensuring quality and standardized levels
of medical care. But used punitively, in a process called a Sham Peer Review, it can be
leveraged to fire physicians, install handpicked cronies,
leave patients stranded,
and save
hospitals money.
All without Due Process.
" The
Sham
Peer Review is an open, dirty secret in
the
U.S. healthcare system ," said Dr. Alagoz. "Patients have no idea it even exists; all they know is that doctors inexplicably disappear from their lives. But
physicians
certainly know what I'm talking about.
The Sham Peer Reviews used by
many
hospital administrators and boards to
remove
any doctor they don't like, or disagree with, or
as a
way
to
save
healthcare corporations
money."
Protected by a 1986 law, the Health Quality Information Act, hospital review boards and their decisions are absolutely immune to scrutiny. Giving doctors no way to appeal because these decisions are final, without any regard to the wrecked lives left behind. The process creates falsely accused doctors with no way to practice in their communities, along with countless patients left hanging in the aftermath. All while corporations and hospitals profit.
Like so many others before her, the allegations levied against Dr.
Alagoz that day were never substantiated, let alone proven. And she was immediately blacklisted after being reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) – an oubliette for the careers of U.S. physicians.
" Falsely accused doctors find themselves suddenly unemployed and blacklisted –
though we
still retain
our
medical licenses
because malpractice
was
never
the issue ," explained Dr. Alagoz. "We are left in an impossible situation, branded as unruly physicians, with no way to clear our names. I wrote this book to expose the practice for what it is: a completely unconscionable and utterly corrupt corporate weapon that absolutely ignores Constitutional Due Process. And it must stop."
Dr. Alagoz's memoir is a beacon for change, shedding light on the need for protective measures to
ensure doctors can provide the best care without fear of unwarranted persecution.
Her
story is a testament to the human spirit's resilience and a call to action for all who believe in a just and equitable healthcare system.
For more information
on Peer Reviews, how they are corrupted
and misused,
and to support Dr. Alagoz's mission for reform,
please
visit
.
About
Dr. Aysun Alagoz and "The Medical Matrix"
Dr. Aysun Alagoz is a dedicated
family
physician
and OB/GYN
with
decades
of diverse medical experience. Educated at Drexel University in Philadelphia and completing her residency at UC Davis Medical Center in California,
Dr. Alagoz spent seventeen years in Obstetrics and Gynecology before an abrupt and painful
transition caused by unethical administrative practices from a
Sham Peer Review.
Currently, she serves as an Associate Medical Director at a Federally Qualified Health Clinic in San Antonio, Texas, where she oversees multiple sites. Working tirelessly to educate people on the highly unethical process of Sham Peer Reviews, she chronicled her journey in a poignant memoir: "The Medical Matrix." Learn more at:
.
Media Contact:
Aysun Alagoz, MD
(830) 832-2311
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