Medical governance for organizations that send staff, students and volunteers into the field.
Request the board briefing →Most organizations that send people abroad have an insurer, an evacuation membership and a risk officer. Those answer the moment something goes wrong. They do not answer who decided the traveler was fit to go, what was in the kit, what the team leader was trained to do, or who reviewed it afterward.
The standards you are judged against — ISO 31030, the Forum on Education Abroad Standards, IPIECA guidance — assume competent medical oversight behind the program. Most programs do not have it, and the gap is visible only after an incident, in front of a board, a dean or a plaintiff’s attorney.
Page III Partners designs the program, defines the physician’s role inside it, and stays on as the governance reviewer — so that reasonable care is something you can show rather than something you hope.
Robert R. Page III, MD, MBA, is a physician who spent his clinical career in emergency medicine and went on to lead a national physician services platform across more than 180 hospitals and serve as chief medical officer for hospital-based services at one of the country’s largest health systems. He has written and governed clinical standards at enterprise scale.
He has also spent years practicing medicine in rural Honduras with a faith-based clinic, where the nearest capable hospital is hours away and the program, not the building, is what keeps people safe. Duty of Care sits where those two experiences meet.
Full biography →Ninety minutes with your board, cabinet or leadership team on what duty of care means for an organization that sends people into the field, what the standards expect, and what a defensible program looks like. No charge, and a frank read on where you stand.
Request the board briefingOr start with the checklist: Download the board checklist (PDF) — thirteen questions, ten minutes.