Protecting and eMpowering
Investigation Caseload
4,450
811
Intake/Public
Complains
• New Public Complaint
Investigations increased by 2%
from 2014.
Registrar’s
Investigations
• New Registrar’s Investigations
decreased by 1% from 2014.
mology testing;
• narcotic prescribing;
• pathology and radiology practices; and
• capacity investigations where issue is dementia.
Systems issues which arise in the course of investigations
continue to be identified and tracked by the Committee. Examples of systems issues that the Committee
noted over the past year included:
• resource
issues (e.g., hospital funding,
equipment and staffing shortages);
• resident supervision; and
• e lectronic medical records in clinics and
hospitals.
• New Incapacity Investigations
decreased by 15% from 2014.
What does the ICRC consider when
reviewing an investigation?
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Incapacity
Investigations
• facts of the case;
• number and seriousness of care and/or conduct
concerns at issue;
• standard of care expected of practitioners;
• whether the physician is practising within his or
her area of expertise;
• physician’s response to the investigation;
• insight; self-identification of areas for
improvement and changes to practice;
• physician’s apparent capacity for remediation;
• physician’s investigative and disciplinary history;
• expert opinions obtained in the course of the
investigation; and
• other documentary and witness information.
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