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Nominee for Guam medical board urges autonomy, public-member seat and complaint dashboard
Summary
Dr. Jeffrey P. Galgo, nominated to the Guam Board of Medical Examiners, told a legislative committee he would push for GBME autonomy from the Department of Public Health, a public-member voting seat, a case-tracking dashboard, funded investigator positions and modest licensing fee increases to clear a backlog of complaints and restore public trust.
Dr. Jeffrey P. Galgo, nominated by the governor to serve as the physician representative on the Guam Board of Medical Examiners, told the Committee on Health and Veterans Affairs on March 11 that he would seek structural and operational changes to shorten complaint-processing times and increase public confidence in medical licensure oversight.
Galgo described a physician shortage on Guam and proposed several steps to address board delays: consider making the GBME an autonomous agency rather than a unit under the Department of Public Health and Social Services; create a unified health professions licensing office for core medical boards so resources and staff are pooled; hire a full- or part-time investigator for complaint work; and add a voting public-member seat to the board. "We need transparency," Galgo said, urging a public dashboard with case numbers, open/closed status, dates and nonidentifying…
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