NATION IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : Random Drug Tests of Doctors Planned
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, seeking to ensure a “drug-free environment,” announced plans to become the nation’s first hospital to routinely test doctors for drug and alcohol use. Johns Hopkins’ plan for random screening of 750 doctors is believed to be the first time such tests have been imposed on physicians at a hospital, said Dr. Hamilton Moses III, Hopkins’ vice president for medical affairs.
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