Report Says States Are Lax On Disciplining Doctors for Medical Malpractice
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According to a report by Public Citizen, many state medical boards are not disciplining doctors even after their hospitals take action against them for incompetence, negligence or medical malpractice.
The report, which analyzed data from the National Practitioner Data Bank from 1990-2009, found that 55 percent of the 10,672 physicians in the data bank who had their clinical privileges either revoked or restricted, had no state licensing actions against them.See the full content of this document
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Report Says States Are Lax On Disciplining Doctors for Medical Malpractice
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