Have a complaint about something
that occured in a medical setting?
Let Dr. Vikki and the Hufnagel Bioethics Institute
help you "Blow the Whistle"!
Each state has a governmental regulatory board that serves to protect citizens form unethical doctors or dangerous medical practices. Their duties include licensing doctors, overseeing the activities of the physicians who offer services in their state, investigating when a complaint is made, and disciplining doctors when their actions merit so. Disciplinary actions can range from ordering further education and training to revoking the physicians medical license.
Filing a complaint with your state medical board is not a lawsuit.
As a consumer of medical services and products you have a right and a duty to wage a complaint if you believe you were uninformed, mislead, treated unfairly, injured by a physician, treatment, or by a medical device while in any medical setting. If your physician did not properly inform you, if your current doctor is not offering you help, treatment/diagnosis, if you experienced an adverse outcome from a medical device/treatment, or if any doctor or medical professional in any field of practice has ever acted unethically or inappropriately your state medical board needs to be notified.
The following intake form is provided by the Hufnagel Bioethics Institute (HBI) to assist you in filing a formal complaint to your state medical board or to the FDA. Upon submission you will be e-mailed the results of this form, contact information for your state medical board, the FDA and other organizations which copies of your complaint can be sent to as well as Dr. Vikki's contact information if you need further assistance in filing your complaint.
Medical boards often operate behind a veil of secrecy and complaints often go uninvestigated. Dr. Vikki's goal is to make medical complaints transparent across the board. Only by publicly disclosing complaints will changes occur. By registering your complaint with the Hufnagel Bioethics Institute (HBI) your complaint is followed through the system and may be reported upon by Dr. Vikki. Medical complaints are also examined for “clusters”. A cluster could mean a particular surgery, diagnoses, product, medical practice or doctor(s) in any community or location with similar complaints.
To register your medical complaint with the Hufnagel Bioethics Institute (HBI) and to be given directions and assistance on how to submit your complaint to your state medical board, provide the following information: