Most people want to know if their doctor has been accused of medical malpractice or disciplined for it. We are, after all, put our health in our doctor\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
Recently there was a rather bitter controversy over whether or not a doctor\u2019s disciplinary information should be available, and if so, how much information should be available. Those embroiled in the debate are the American Medical Association (AMA) and consumer rights groups and journalists. The reason the debate exploded was in response to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department taking disciplinary information out of their online database. <\/p>\n
Why was the disciplinary information removed in the first place? They removed it because news organizations used the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to point a finger of blame at doctors frequently accused of medical malpractice, but had not faced any discipline.<\/p>\n
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