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NewsDiagnostic communication failures up malpractice payments 40%
Failing to communicate clinical data from the growing field of diagnostic testing puts physicians at risk for medical malpractice claims, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Read more...
HHS pushes pause on transparency with NPDB shutdown
In a hugely controversial move, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), this week announced it is blocking public online Read more...
HHS: Doctor malpractice, disciplinary data no longer public
While the healthcare industry promotes enhanced transparency, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is taking a step in the other direction, shutting down the once-public National Read more...
State med boards not punishing dangerous docs
State medical boards have failed to discipline 55 percent of the nation's doctors who had their clinical privileges revoked or restricted by the hospitals where they worked, according to a report Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Case highlights issues in reporting physician misdeeds
In theory, hospitals are required to report problem doctors to the National Practitioner Data Bank--a requirement that sounds straightforward enough. In practice, however, hospitals struggle with Read more...
Study: Hospitals 'dropped the ball' on disciplining doctors
Despite its being in existence for more than 17 years, nearly half of hospitals have never submitted a single doctors name to a federal database that collects information on hospital disciplinary Read more...
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