Data Mine reports on access to practitioner data
The Center for Public Integrity’s Data Mine focuses on the National Practitioner Databank and the lack of public access to information in the database, which contains information about loss of privileges for medical professionals, malpractice payments and license revocations.
The public can access and use statistical information from the database but it cannot find out information about specific professionals. The American Medical Association, opposes making information in the database public because it “is riddled with duplicate entries [and] inaccurate data,” according to the Data Mine’s report.
A report last year from Public Citizen revealed that hospitals take advantage of loopholes to avoid reporting disciplined physicians to the database.
AHCJ Resources
- Access to list of disciplined health workers in limbo
- A road map for covering your local hospital’s quality
- How well does your state oversee nurses?
- State oversight of health professionals
- Records show ‘dangerous doctors’ rarely face discipline
- Health reporting resources for reporters covering state and local government
- Investigating health care: Essential public records
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AHCJ, other journalism organizations protest removal of data from public website : Covering Health on
Thu, 15th Sep 2011 2:58 pm
[...] • Data Mine reports on access to practitioner data: The Center for Public Integrity focuses on the National Practitioner Databank and the lack of public access to information in the database. • Access to list of disciplined health workers in limbo: NPR’s Joseph Shapiro looked into the status of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. • Public Citizen posted an open letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius explaining why the database is important, and details the consequences of keeping it under wraps. [...]
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