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Report finds most states lacking in user-friendly access to doctor disciplinary information

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, October 19, 2006

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A report issued by Public Citizen, ranking state medical board Web sites for content and usability when accessing physician disciplinary data, found that most states lacking in this area.

 

State medical boards are charged with taking action against physicians for misconduct, and records of this disciplinary action began appearing online beginning with Massachusetts in 1996. Since that time every state has moved to put this information online, although the results have varied-according to the Public Citizen report, available information can range from detailed description of actions taken against each physician to just basic information about the practitioner in question. The report graded on a scale of 0-100, and the median score was 42.4, with three-fourths of the boards scoring under 60.

 

To view a complete copy of Public Citizen's report, visit http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7478.



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