That MSMS Pursue Making Professional Credentials Unmistakable for Patients

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS pursue legislative and regulatory means to do all of the following:1) Make professional credentials unmistakable for patients in medical setting;2) Require that medical professionals wear identification tags that are easily readable by patients and family members identifying their proper titles and credentials; and3) Require that advertising include information about the license that authorizes the health professional to provide services.RATIONALE: This resolution asks that MSMS work to make the people working in hospitals wear clearly identifiable name badges that include credentials. The Committee likes the idea that patients be more knowledgeable of who is treating them. However, this resolution was extremely broad in terms of addressing policy inside the hospital as well as various forms of advertising. The Committee preferred to address these matters separately and instead preferred using Resolutions 50-11A and 89-11A to address the underlying concerns of displaying of credentials and transparency in advertising respectively.