 National Practitioner Data Bank
"National Practitioner Data Bank" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A databank established by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like.
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D016749
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.313.500.750.300.188.400.600 L01.470.750.750.600
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| Concept/Terms |
National Practitioner Data Bank- National Practitioner Data Bank
- National Practitioner Databank
- Databank, National Practitioner
- Databanks, National Practitioner
- National Practitioner Databanks
- Practitioner Databank, National
- Practitioner Databanks, National
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "National Practitioner Data Bank" by people in Profiles.
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Stahel PF, Sabel AL, Victoroff MS, Varnell J, Lembitz A, Boyle DJ, Clarke TJ, Smith WR, Mehler PS. Wrong-site and wrong-patient procedures in the universal protocol era: analysis of a prospective database of physician self-reported occurrences. Arch Surg. 2010 Oct; 145(10):978-84.
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Guirguis-Blake J, Fryer GE, Phillips RL, Szabat R, Green LA. The US Medical Liability System: evidence for legislative reform. Ann Fam Med. 2006 May-Jun; 4(3):240-6.
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