Part of the problem, which is being discussed in this thread, is that non-physicians are becoming senior leadership at hospitals. A NC officer will likely favor the nurses and may overstep their bounds in making clinical decisions. We know allied health members are a big part of the team effort, however, they are not the captain of the team. When allied health/support staff take equal responsibility in the day to day decisions in patient management, i.e. legally sign orders in charts, then they should have an equal voice. You may manage a coumadin clinic as a pharmacist, but have you actually ever started someone on coumadin without an order from a physician? That is why physicians get upset when the policy makers are non-physicians.