Article: Disciplinary actions drop, but ... ... delayed Public Citizen report may not be so rosy.(The Week in Healthcare)

Byline: Andis Robeznieks

There were 639 fewer disciplinary actions taken against physicians last year, according to the Federation of State Medical Boards, but no one can really fully explain why-just like it's hard to explain why there were 344 more actions taken last year than in 2003.

The 2007 edition of the federation's Summary of Board Actions, its annual state-by-state compilation of statistics on disciplinary actions taken against physicians and other healthcare professionals in the previous year, was released last month. But it has received little attention so far. Perhaps because a companion report, produced by another organization using ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!