Scott G. Kirby, MD

Dr. Kirby is the NC Medical Board’s medical director.

Articles Written

• Communication among health care professionals: An essential component of quality care
• Seeking help for depression, without fear
• Prescribing controlled substances responsibly
• Are “pill mills” Florida’s newest export?
• Taking the mystery out of reporting malpractice payments
• Easy money—Work from home
• More problems with death certificates Some certifiers missing new requirements
• Hospital suspensions related to failure to complete medical records (yes, those are actions too)
• Recommendations for X-ray follow-up
• Physician obligation to complete death certificates
• Practicing medicine in the Facebook age: Maintaining professionalism online
• Responding to “trivial” complaints: Frustrating but necessary