2021 NCMB Annual Report

05/05/22 • 31 min

In this episode of MedBoard Matters, host, Jean Fisher Brinkley highlights the Board's 2021 annual report and speaks with Dr. Joe Jordan and Dr. Clark Gaither from the NC Professionals Health Program about a troubling threefold increase from 2020 to 2021 of public actions related to alcohol and substance use.
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
2021 NCMB Annual Report
NC Professionals Health Program website
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guests: Dr. Joe Jordan and Dr. Clark Gaither from the NC Professionals Health Program
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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MedBoard Matters - 2021 NCMB Annual Report

Transcript

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Hello and thanks for joining me. I'm Jean Fisher Brinkley, Communications Director for the North Carolina Medical Board, and this is MedBoard Matters. On this episode, we are taking a quick walk through the NCMB annual report for 2021. It covers the calendar year that ran from January one until December 31st. Now, I never dreamed that I'd still be talking about COVID-19 as a predominant factor in our lives